Hibiscus

My hibiscus bloomed today...not just a couple blooms but at least half a dozen. They are so pretty that I had to post a picture.

I don't have a green thumb. I have killed any and all indoor plants that I've ever owned but these will stay outdoors for a good part of the year (which gives them a fighting chance), until it starts getting cooler at night, so I am hoping this plant will thrive despite my lack of a green thumb.

They are so pretty that they have me wanting to go out and buy a few more for around my deck. I've heard they are hard to care for though. I don't know if that is right or not but I'm hoping not. The odds are already stacked against me.

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Holy Cow!!!

I am sitting in my living room getting my toddler dressed this morning when I see something large out of the corner of my eye on the road. My initial reaction was thinking it was an Amish buggy going by until I looked.

"Holy crap, there are cows on the road!"

Two very large black cows went trotting down the road towards town. I live within the village limits so this was a HUGE surprise.

I call our local police department (who doesn't answer)...small towns I guess. So, I call the county sheriff's office and with both of us trying not to laugh, they'll send somebody out.

They'd gone by too fast before I could get my camera. I wish I could've gotten a picture of two cows trotting down the town road, heading to town.

That is definitely not something I've ever seen before in this town, lol. It looks like somebody lost their 4H project out in the country.

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Child Plays with Cobra Snake

I realize this cobra wouldn't have its teeth to be doing this, but to see this child playing with a cobra...this video disturbed me. Creepy.

We have a snake. It's just a little corn snake. Even so, our toddler has never been allowed to touch him. Willy has not bitten (yet) but 1) I wouldn't want there to be a first time with our toddler; and 2) salmonella.

This child in the video is younger than my youngest and babies are constantly putting things in their mouth...a little salmonella and snakes tail? Sure! Even after touching the snake...what if this baby puts his hands immediately into his mouth as children do?

This video hurt my stomach.

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Flat Panel Televisions

I don't know how many households have flat panel televisions yet but I know my husband wants us to be one of them. He has been asking for awhile now but one of those televisions won't fit into our current antique finish armoire. We would have to get a plasma tv mount and I would lose my armoire it took me ten years to get. On the plus side, it would be one less piece of furniture to crowd our living room, which is too cluttered already and will be more so once I put a desk in there. I could get an antique finish computer armoire instead. Hmm...I'll have to think about this.

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