I have only been in Savannah for 2 short weeks, and I can say I have seen some very interesting things so far...kids, we aren't in Cali anymore! :)
It's actually quite funny, especially when you see the panic in Joe's eyes when learning to live the "simple life" in a small town.
Here are a few things that you may find interesting, as did I:
-When we first saw our house it had the most beautiful flowers and plants in the landscaping. I fell in love with the smells and beauty of a YARD and the potential for a garden/flowers. When we closed on our house and came racing over to see it, we noticed that the landscaping was a little different. We have deer, MANY DEER in the woods behind our house who have enjoyed eating all our landscaping! Seriously, we have a magnolia tree that is eaten half way up! On the bright side, since we moved in they have stayed a distance away. They really are beautiful to see in our backyard...just not at our front door :) We had to buy some stuff called "liquid fence" that we spray on the flowers and plants that give off an odor that the deer don't like. Cross your fingers it works!
-We met our next door neighbor the first day, he filled us in on the giant black snakes that he sees on occasion as well as other common snakes. Awesome. Also, he told us to be on the lookout for the fire ants that pop up in the yard every once in a while. Awesome. Our neighbor across the street has 2 little girls, one was attacked by fire ants and I guess it was HORRIBLE! Needless to say, Joe and I have had the pest control guys spray everything they have in our yard to keep the ants, bugs, snakes to a minimum. We have also bought some snake stuff that you can sprinkle around the perimeter of our house/yard to keep them out.
-Did you know they had armadillos in Georgia? I didn't. I had never seen an armadillo before and we were driving and saw one hit on the road. I thought it was a pig with armor...all I could think was if I hit that thing I would have no clue what the heck it was!
-We are in the dirty south. We have seen the most interesting people here, I now know where all those funny pictures you see of Walmart people online came from. I've seen cars without doors, a truck with huge bull horns on top of it and a car that had a bungee cord holding the smashed hood to the bumper together...with a giant bow on it to make it pretty.
-When me, mom and dad were leaving a furniture store a snake was waiting for us right outside the door. We all screamed and ran for the hills...even dad!
-We have lizards all over our house, some with tails, some without. Apparently, we get very large ones too, but we haven't been blessed to see one yet.
-I woke up a couple nights in a row to the sound of a cat meowing like crazy. So far I have seen 4 different cats hanging out around our house/neighborhood. The dogs are going to go crazy when they get here. They will also love chasing the little gray squirrels that are enjoying the backyard!
-Our neighbor across the street has seen several alligators in the lagoon behind their house...glad we didn't buy their house!
I'm certain this is just the beginning of this list...I will update often :) I have to say, life is sure going to be entertaining here in the dirty south!
