On this third Monday of May it was back to Sikes Lake I ventured this morning for salubrious nature communing.
We have had four days in a row with the weather prediction predicting thunderstorms and rain, including today. But each day ends up being mostly dry and free of loud booms.
The baby geese, also known as goslings, population seems to be of record breaking size this year. I suppose it may be a post COVID baby boom.
I had a reptile encounter of the non-snake sort today.
A turtle was lounging among the pink evening primroses. Why do I find turtles to be cute, whilst I find snakes to be anything but cute?
Years ago I was swimming in Lake Grapevine, in the DFW zone, when a reptilian head suddenly popped up in front of me. I thought water moccasin and did not know I was able to swim as fast as I swam to get out of the water.
The reptilian head had followed me to shore, which is when I realized it was a turtle that was chasing me, not a snake.
This incident became the last time I have been in a Texas lake...
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