{"id":581,"date":"2010-10-24T20:56:06","date_gmt":"2010-10-24T20:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/homesteademporium.wordpress.com\/?p=581"},"modified":"2010-10-24T20:56:06","modified_gmt":"2010-10-24T20:56:06","slug":"just-so-no-one-thinks-life-here-is-ever-boring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homesteademporium.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/24\/just-so-no-one-thinks-life-here-is-ever-boring\/","title":{"rendered":"Just so no one thinks life here is ever boring&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is what\u00a0our kids do with their spare time.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3412\/3660857644_a05a1b3942.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"449\" height=\"266\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Catch snakes.<\/p>\n<p>Want to see more? I know you do!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3601\/3660860902_197ed24eaf.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This one&#8217;s name is Tiger Lily. I didn&#8217;t make that up. The kids actually name them.<\/p>\n<p>This next one has attitude! I think they should name it Sassy!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3611\/3660849876_d194b976f5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"435\" height=\"266\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Look at it, sticking it&#8217;s tongue out at me!<\/p>\n<p>These are the kind I prefer, the baby snakes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/222\/512948315_4f58cf02b8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Snakes all have personalities too. Did you know that?<\/p>\n<p>This one is into music.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3400\/3558637470_78028ee88a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"311\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He REALLY gets<strong><em> &#8220;into&#8221;<\/em><\/strong> it. \ud83d\ude09 Get it? Into it? Ah, I kill myself sometimes. lol<br \/>\nOther times I laugh alone&#8230; well, maybe most of the times. Most people don&#8217;t &#8216;get&#8217; my humour. \u00a0In either case, I laugh, and that&#8217;s good, even if it&#8217;s laughing at myself. :p<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Laugh at yourself first, before anyone else can.<br \/>\nElsa Maxwell<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>(such wisdom, and such a great first name\u00a0too! lol)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Of course, most people prefer THIS kind of snake.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/194\/512948359_6ca8d4018d_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"265\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The knit kind. This is one Julia made, she came up with the idea to make baby snakes that fit inside the mama&#8217;s &#8216;tummy&#8217;.<br \/>\nShe likes knitting snakes. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/203\/512948327_21ce58cb14_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I like her knitting snakes.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s much more fun for me then the alternative&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/192\/447705456_c6ef295dd5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"452\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Oh, and I MUST share this last photo. This photo makes me LAUGH OUT LOUD! Seriously!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/200\/516912424_99c0cb34cf_b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/200\/516912424_99c0cb34cf.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"365\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you want to get a better look, click on the photo to make it bigger.<br \/>\nOne child holding a snake, the others oblivious to the snake and better yet? What makes me REALLY laugh about this? Is that even if they were not oblivious to the snake so close to their heads, they wouldn&#8217;t care! Ha!<\/p>\n<p>I love my kids.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is what\u00a0our kids do with their spare time. Catch snakes. Want to see more? I know you do! This one&#8217;s name is Tiger Lily. I didn&#8217;t make that up. The kids actually name them. This next one has attitude! I think they should name it Sassy! 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