Cactus Flower

not a great photo but good to see the beautiful blue color Dalton found this snake on the island during a retreat in 2010.  The boys decided it was some sort of tree snake and not truly poisonous.  Seems most tree snakes have rear fangs.  They swallow small birds, bite with their fangs to inject a little fast-acting, paralyzing poison and then swallow them down. What do you think?  Poisonous to boys?  Or not? Look back next week for a longer story.

Snakes.  Should you be afraid of them?  Oh, yeah!  Since many are poisonous, every should be a little careful.  Poor Eve in the Garden of Eden didn't know to be afraid of that old serpent.  She DID know to be a little fearful of the tree!  Did you know that being afraid of snakes may be a part of the curse.  Just think about that enemy word in Genesis 3: 14- 15 and most women? 14 So the Lord God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, You are cursed more than all cattle, And more than every beast of the field; On your belly you shall go, And you shall eat dust All the days of your life. 15  And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel.” Just think about it!  Who are more afraid of snakes - girls or boys?  Over the years of my life in Brazil, I seen quite a few snakes.  Most weren't poisonous, by the way.  I always felt t...