Snakes and birds (revisited)
This was an entry originally posted 2 weeks ago. I had to delay it’s publication until now due to media committments.
If you’ve been following this blog, you may remember my recent painting, the very first I’ve sold - of the birds eating the snake.
Even the journalist said it was an amazing karmic coincidence.
In this internet age, it is simply astounding how this news has travelled the globe, proving it’s just not Far North Tropical Queensland that holds a fascination for such things. According to London newspapers, I live “in the jungle”. That’s inside the house I reckon!
On a sadder note, the departed cocky has left behind a lonely mate, who sits in the same spot in the bouganvillea all day, looking a little lost. Thankfully the python won’t be hungry for quite some time…
17 November 2008
Unfortunately my last sentence above proved horribly incorrect. Or maybe it was another python. But he was taken also. This one we tried to save. (I had only hours earlier removed a paralysis tick from above it’s eye). I hosed that python with a full strength hose, but he wasn’t giving up his catch.
There are a lot of images, and I think everyone’s seen most of them around the internet sites and newspapers, so I’m not sure if you would want to see them again on this blog?
Let me know what you think.
A new evening job is to make sure there are no guests sleeping over in the The Tree of Death….
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a belated happy new year to you, my friend! e.
hej cindy: nice pics *g* are the kingfishers eating snake or earthworm? if they have snake for supper, then they must be GIANT kingfishers *g*
congrats to the media coverage
Hey Ellis,
Ha! That’s the green tree snake - the one that scared us all when it dangled itself over my car from the tree and then the bushes outside my bedroom.
I had to somehow get the theme “BIG” worked into the painting, so a little snake, 2 little kingfishers and the title “Honey, it’s bigger than both of us”. A bit cheeky, but all good fun.
Thanks for stopping by.
Rex rang me, excited on the train where he was reading The Advertiser, to tell me to look up AdelaideNow.com.au….
Your news really has gone a long way…….but ewwww…..I dont know whether I could have watched…..
Good clipping to slip into your portfolio!
The poor little mate …..
dont wanna be rude, but how much did you get for your painting??? whats a cindy original worth????? as you know kath has sold some paitings and was just interested, kath would like to meet you too one day, we both work on wednesdays if you want to come in and see us for a free coffee and maybe some donuts to take home for the donut monsters!
Looks like your fame has lasted longer than 15 minutes!
Gav,
I’d love to meet Kath, we’ll definately get together. Funnily enough, I was just at your Shopping Centre on Sunday morning. Didn’t have a lot of time though - the boy wanted picked up from the skate park after half an hour as it was “STINKING HOT!” (When is this mugginess going to give up some rain already?????)
Someone say coffee????
Doda,
It’s the wrong sort of fame! I am so jumpy when I go out at baack at night. I hang out washing in the evening, with the clothesline right near the Tree of Death. I’m sure the bandiccots deliberately run about, making me jump 2ft straight up in the air.
Hi , good on you for getting your image in the media.
Nature sometimes seems cruel, but the cockies are plentiful and the snakes have to eat.
You asked about my photography and how I was going with it, I haven’t really been doing much although I did get a half desent lightning shot, see it on my Flickr page or my bigblog.
Yes, true Doug.
Off to look at your images on Flickr!