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"sunrise farm" wrote in
I was wondering though, to anyone who has moved from the city to the country, what were the biggest shocks/surprises you got? I think city people have REAL problems with coping with snakes. I had some people here just before Xmas and my daughter saw a Tiger Snake heading across the lawn through one set of French Doors. She just yelled out: "Hey Mum, there's a tiger snake out here!" and then proceeded to go out and do whatever she was doing. (And she is not at all good with snakes!) Guests rushed to look but woudn't go outside. Later in the day, one of the guests wanted to see something in my veggie garden (around the corner and about 50 ft from where the previous sighting was) and so we were proceeding down a gravel pathway which runs beside a long bed under the sun room windows - me in front, guest behind me. This bed just has a few shrubs in it and is topped with tan bark and is pretty sparse and dead boring. As I walked, I noted out of the corner of my eye that something was 'wrong' with the bed so I actually turned to look and noticed a Tiger Snake moving along under the windows, up against the concrete base. I just remarked that there was a Tiger snake and my guest was back inside so fast that she nearly knocked me flat on my face with the resulting tail wind. We figure that we've had a tiger snake living somewhere aroudn the back door for about 5 years now and a Brown snkae soemwhere near the front door for about the same time. Either that or we keep seeing the same sized snakes each year. The other thing I think city people are shocked/surprised by is how smart country people actually are. For some reason they think that people who drive ropey old bangers, or talk with an appalling accent, or wear shocking old clothes are thick/poor/or ill informed/ill educated. |
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