NATURE TAKE A WALK, LET THE BEAUTY OF NATURE FEED YOUR SOUL :)

NOT TOO SURE BOUT THIS BEAUTY BIT. lATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON I WAS SITTING ON MY VERHANDAH AND HEARD A RUSTLING IN SOME VINES AT THE END OF THE VERHANDAH. NEXT DOORS CAT WAS CURLED UP SLEEPING ON ONE OF THE CHAIRS NEXT TO ME, HE TOO CAME TO INVESTIGATE. WHEN WE GOT TO THE END OF THE VERHANDAH I LOOKED UP..............A CARPET SNAKE!!!!!! A BIG CARPET SNAKE, WAS MAKING ITS WAY ON TO THE ROOF OF THE HOUSE. I CALLED MY DAUGHTER OUTSIDE SO SHE COULD SEE.......ITS NOT THE FIRST TIME SHE'S SEEN THEM, THEY ARE A REGULAR THING LIVING IN THE TROPICS. SO FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING WE WERE GIVING EACH OTHER THE CREEPS....MUM...I WANT TO SLEEP IN YOUR BED TONIGHT.....MUM....I HOPE DAD CLOSED UP ANY HOLES IN THE ROOF....MUM...WHAT DO SNAKES LIKE THAT EAT....THIS WAS THE WORST QUESTION, I TOLD HER HOW THEY DIENGAGE THEIR JAWS TO DEVOUR CATS AND WALLABIES...KNOWING SHE ISN'T MUCH BIGGER AND TELLING HER BOUT THE KIDS IN COOKTOWN WHO SAVED THEIR PET DOG FROM ONE.....SHE GRABBED EVERY SINGLE STUFFED ANIMAL SHE OWNS AND PUT THEM ALL IN THE BED WITH HER. I KNEW SHE'D BE UP AS SOON AS HER DAD GOT HOME AT 1AM TO TELL HIM ALL ABOUT IT!!!!!!!
WHEN I GOT UP A 6AM.....HE KNEW ALL ABOUT IT!!!
A BRITISH firm specialising in exotic food will sell half a ton of big-bottomed, toasted Colombian ants -- best harvested in cemeteries -- to Europe, Australia and the United States, after they became the rage in Britain.

Edible Limited has inserted its lastest gourmet item, "Giant Toasted Ants," in its catalogue next to such scrumptious entries as chocolate covered crickets and scorpion potatoes.

Todd Dalton, the 29-year-old British entrepreneur behind the ambitious culinary company, said he has just signed a three-year contract with a Colombian firm to export 500 kilograms of the large Colombian ants, known as "culonas" (big bottom).

The idea of expanding the market for these ants, which thrive in cemeteries, came to Dalton, he said, after seeing how well they sold in Britain last year. He said his countrymen found them "exciting and unusual."

The big-bottom ant is highly recommended by some Colombians as an aphrodisiac.

Dalton is busy visiting ant harvesting centers in Colombia's northern Santander department to familiarise himself with the meticulous process of collecting and preparing the ants for human consumption.

The price of Giant Toasted Ants, he said, will hover around $US20 for 25g of the protein-packed insects -- in Colombia, the same amount goes for $US3.

Hernando Medina, who manages Plaza Colombiana, the Colombian firm that supplies the ants to Edible Limited, told reporters he was ecstatic about the potential sales abroad.

He told reporters he was also exploring a cosmetic use for the big-bottom ants, possibly some sort of anti-wrinkle cream.

SORRY........I JUST HAD TO ADD THIS ONE!!!!