In case you aren't from the South, I need to tell you that the ugly gray thing beside my hiking boot is an armadillo. A living armadillo, though you can pretty much guess why so many of us from Missouri and southwards see a lot of these poor little things dead alongside the road. Their vision isn't good, and they root for their food, so they make so much noise they can't hear danger stalking them. They become so focused on what's right in front of them, desperate for that next bite of food (I won't share what I saw this little one eating) that nothing else occurs to them. I've sneaked up on more than one of these on my hikes. They're fun to watch.| Tweet |  Delicious |
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11 Comments:
GREAT post. Off to do my morning devotions now ... :-)
You're ahead of me, Julie. Sigh. Now to find time to practice what I preached! LOL
ya know what a armadillo is in these parts possum~on~the~halfshell :)
cool pic and post!
LOL. Yum! (NOT!) Thanks. Mel did the work for me, so I still don't know how to post a photo. Sigh
That is the UGLIEST thing I have ever seen, and to hear it squeal?? ACK!!! That's like seeing ET in the shed.
ROTFL!!!!! Thanks, Kris, I needed that. I can hear you saying it, voice inflections and facial expressions.
Possum-on-the-halfshell? Ha!Ha!
Good post--and good reminder about not being myopic. :)
Yeah, you can tell our beloved jel is Ozarkian, can't you. Her love of the land is a huge clue.
yup I is an Ozark hillbilly,
and proud of it! :)
I have lived in San Antonio for 20 years and never seen a live armadillo except in a zoo, lol. I think I would have run the other way BEFORE it hit my foot~~
I think what keeps my focus off of God are the daily things that hit me. Sometimes, I lose focus that after all these years (which are many!, His "grace IS sufficient".
LOL. Apparently, a lot of people feel the same way about the poor little armadillo, Cheri. It isn't that cute, is it? But quite weird and fascinating. I've seen them on hikes for years. The first time my hiking friend and I startled one, it jumped straight at us, squeaking. Scared us half to death until we realized it just didn't know we were there and was terrified. That's what happens to me when I get my focus in a tiny zone that's all my own, and forget to watch out for attacks from the outside.
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