Category: Paranoia

Paranoia – YIKES!

On By TimelessladyIn Paranoia10 Comments

My son and I were cleaning up the yard after a birthday party for my husband when we noticed this strange object on the ground beside the oak tree.

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Have you ever seen or come upon one of these? YIKES! You are correct if you guessed the object is a snakeskin. I don’t know if you can ascertain the length or not, but I know the size after stretching it out alongside of myself, almost five feet long, just about four inches shorter than I stand.

We stared at the skin in fascination and noticed it was very fresh, it hadn’t even collapsed upon itself yet. Uh-Oh! We looked around and sure enough, just a few feet away we saw this guy or gal in the grass. Double YIKES!

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A black racer…he didn’t like us anymore than we liked him. Racers can be mean. They have been known to charge those who get too close, hissing and trying to bite. The bite might hurt, could become infected, but racers are not poisonous.

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I said to my son, “Don’t let it get away until I get a photo,” and ran into the house to grab my camera.

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When I came back my son had a strange look on his face and asked, “What did you expect me to do if it started to get away?”

We both laughed, the strange, strangled laugh that quells up inside when you find yourself in a situation you don’t want to be in. I took a couple of quick photos, but the racer took offense at my proximity and slithered away into the ivy.

I had recently noticed the chipmunk problem in my yard had diminished. Now the mystery of their disappearance is solved. Snakes might be scary, but the harmless kind are beneficial in keeping the rodent population under control. Even though I don’t want to find this guy under my feet, he is welcome in my garden.

Paranoia – April Phoolishness / Is Someone Spying On Me?

On By TimelessladyIn Paranoia3 Comments

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This post is a little tongue in cheek, however, the small paper in the picture above is not there only for the photo opportunity. It is in place every day covering my computer camera. It is just a little stick it note, but guess what??? (I’m sounding like my grandchildren here?) it is possible to spy on someone through computer cameras and many other appliances. Oh “Gee Whiz,” I can hear you say, I thought this was a blog safe from conspiracy theories, etc. Well, and so it is, but this is not information gleaned from any of the rabid conspiracy sites on the web. This information comes from ABC news. Take a look: ABC News – Appliances that can spy on you.

Let’s not pretend to be blind fools too long. We all need to be aware of how our privacy is being invaded, and how our constitutional rights are being stripped away from us.

Now here’s where I do admit I am jumping off the deep end a bit, perhaps being a bit phoolish…and yes, this is definitely tongue in cheek. Every time I sit down near my computer this small gnat flies right in front of my face. He shows up in the picture below as the smallest black dot.

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Could he be a drone with a tiny camera glued onto his head by some mad scientist. Yes, April Fool’s for sure this time…unless…oh Gee Whiz again…this world we are living in can sure cause paranoia problems.

Take a look at this BBC article: Insect Drones

We are living in an ever-increasing world of surveillance. Prophecies and visions recorded in the Bible Book of Revelation, once so hard to envision, are now becoming reality. Let’s not be April, or anybody’s fool for that matter, let your heart, mind, and spirit be ready for the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. No man knows when our Lord will come, it might be a hundred years from now, or it could be tomorrow.