We’re moving a bit more slowly for a couple of days. There has been a pleasant change in the weather which has actually been accompanied by a little bit of moisture which means there’s some actual humidity. Something we’re not familiar with here at all. Though it’s not enough moisture to say the drought has been alleviated, it is certainly a slight reprieve.
With that moisture has come some very severe hail storms. I saw a very battered car this morning and remembered last year’s costly storm. I wonder how this guy handles those golf/baseball sized hail storms? For the record, this is the biggest snail I’ve ever seen here. HIs ‘house’ was just about an inch or inch and a half in size and stretched out he must have been almost three inches long. Eeew-they are fascinating but creepy looking little chaps, aren’t they?
Live, love, bark! 🐾
Some days I feel like a slug too.
😊 We all have those days.
wow he IS big! I have only seen one snail here…ever!
Big and quite frightening to me. He gave me nightmares with those horns!
We rarely see snails here. We are having cooler weather but supposed to be 90 next week
hugs
hazel & Mabel
That means it will be coming here too. Not too excited about that. Thank goodness for swamp coolers!
I’ve got a lake in the backyard from all the rain the past 24 hours, along with the obviously terrible job the city crew did cleaning out the drainage ditch a few weeks ago. I’ll take that to the hail though… I’ve heard about Colorado’s infamous hailstorms, and don’t want to be woken up by baseballs hitting off my roof ever again!
It can be a bit terrifying with the noise. And if caught out in it, quite painful!
We had some very hot and unpleasant days here – but the heat broke and I’ve needed sweatshirts for our last few walks!
With the official start of summer just around the corner, it’s going to start warming up again here, too. Enjoy the coolness while you can!
Storms coming over the mountains out there are quite the spectacle. I recall being in Colorado Springs at a hotel away from the mountains, watching a storm pound downtown – a bit scary, too!
Very much so. I just got back from our evening walk and was a block away from home when the sky opened up and drenched us with rain, hail and wind. Needless to say the dogs are not very happy with me right now. 😊
They’ll get over it … Treats!!!!
And lots of ear rubs. I have a 55 lb. dog in my lap this moment.
Short memories – so all is good!
And they love their mama. 💖💖
That’s an amazing picture!!! We had a hail storm quite a few years ago that broke all the sky lights in our complex and totaled my car (the adjusters stopped at 15,000 worth of damage). Sheesh.
Yikes!!! Hail is nothing to mess with.
Had a strange morning the other day. I took Benji out and although it was not raining, nor was there a mist, it was damp and wet. The only thing I can attribute this to is a heavier than usual dew. I can’t think of anything else – wet and damp but not raining.. Strange – very.
Those high humidity mornings are quite strange. Sometimes the dew point is heavier than if it rained!
Mighty muggy in our neck of the woods. I loved my Colorado years and the hotter-than-hell desert heat of Arizona, if for nothing else that my hair stayed in one zip code! Naturally The Poodle with his black coat, moves like that snail both in heat and in humidity. At the moment The Poodle would much rather be in Antarctica however as currently it’s thundering and lightning something fierce; he’s shaking with fear in my lap as I type away; my poor poodle-love.
So sorry your fur-love is suffering anxiety from thunder storms. It’s tragic having to watch and try to be of some comfort at those times. As you know, humidity about 20% is very rare around here…I now understand why people move so slowly in high humidity areas. Stay safe and sane in the meantime.
That snail looks pretty cute to me! 🙂
It was like seeing an accident on the highway, I could. not. check. him. out. more closely.
LOL! 😀
I’m pretty sure that creepy guy is moving slowly ALL the time. Gross.
Love and licks,
Cupcake
Yes, he creeped me out big time, Cupcake.
Once upon a time Max beat one of these in a foot race. But that was a long time ago. Oh yeah…obligatory punch line to old joke, “Wow, look at that S-car go!” 🙂
😆
I’ll keep my fingers crossed that you’ll get some more moisture, but without the hail. Here, the weather forecast looked fairly promising a few days ago, but no longer. 🙁
Think today is the last day for a chance showers. We’ll take whatever Mother Nature will grant us. May be headed your way next. 😊
You’ll be headed our way soon? Or were you talking of the showers?
Showers. Sorry I didn’t make that clear. 😇
Not a problem! 🙂 We did have some moisture coming down, but I wouldn’t call that showers – just some drizzle once in a while.
Drizzle is good after upper 90’s. 😊
Bettter than nothing, but …
True enough.
I don’t mind snails so much, it’s the slugs that creep me out. Eeewww.
Right now we are in the midst of a heat/humidity wave. According to the Weather Channel app on my phone, the highs this week will be anywhere in the 90s. Even Ducky doesn’t like it that hot, and she’s our little sun worshipper.
I dunno…his slime trail was pretty gross. Try to stay cool these next few days.
Wow! A therapy snail.
Bwahaha! Now why didn’t I think of that?? 😆
So many oddities in nature that we often overlook. I saw a huge locust once that I swore had a humanoid face. Lexi kept trying to kill it, and every time I scooped it up with a piece of cardboard and put it somewhere safer, it crawled back over to me until she finished it off.
Nature sure is ‘entertaining,’ no doubt about that!
That snail is huge, and beautiful. We had a thunderstorm today, it helped a little in this too dry season. Nice to hear you are a vegetarian too.
😇 I nearly stepped on that guy while walking the dogs and had to go back and photograph him. I’ve never seen one that big, not even in Germany where they are not uncommon!
my country fellows would grab their recipe book when they would see this snail ;O)))
Gah! #Shudder
They are creepy. There are people in our town who eat them believe it or not.
Egad…no wonder I’m a vegetarian!
Yes, they are definitely creepy! I imagine he retreats into his shell during storms and rides it out (kind of like us retreating into our houses)! 🙂
We had strong storms in our area yesterday too, but we lucked out, the bad ones went either side of us, and we just got some nice rain for the gardens.
We have more severe weather forecast today. A concrete house will be in order for these guys today.
They are amazing little creatures but they can be very destructive.
They sure are mesmerizing but VERY creepy.
Can you imagine if they got as big as a cat? That would be creepy!
Creepy AND terrifying!