{"id":979,"date":"2010-07-23T13:06:10","date_gmt":"2010-07-23T20:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/?p=979"},"modified":"2014-05-27T18:04:14","modified_gmt":"2014-05-28T01:04:14","slug":"it-was-still-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/it-was-still-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"…it was still alive!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>“There’s something you need to see.” \u00a0That’s what the gardener said when he knocked on the door this morning. “There’s a very big rattlesnake in the back,” he said. \u00a0“Alive?” I asked. \u00a0“Not any more, but he’s still moving.” \u00a0They always kill my rattlesnakes first, then tell me about it. \u00a0But this one was big – about 2 1\/2 to 3 feet long, and it was still alive! \u00a0I grabbed my camera, put on hard shoes and followed the gardener out. \u00a0Even though the snake was injured, it was still scary to be that close. \u00a0And I go walking back there all the time. \u00a0It was the same spot where the alligator lizard was and I know who would have won that fight. Maybe that’s why I never saw the lizard again. \u00a0He was lunch… hell no – more like an appetizer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“There’s something you need to see.” \u00a0That’s what the gardener said when he knocked on the door this morning. “There’s a very big rattlesnake in the back,” he said. \u00a0“Alive?” I asked. \u00a0“Not any more, but he’s still moving.” \u00a0They always kill my rattlesnakes first, then tell me about it. \u00a0But this one was big […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-backyard"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t