My heliconium flowers are often stolen by the village urchins on their way to school. So as a deterrent, I drew this sign with a picture of a cobra and hung it next to the heliconiums. The sign says "Cobra! Be careful!" in the local language, Kannada. I was very pleased to see the sign working , until....
a snake- catcher came and demanded money for "sending the cobra away"!Thanks to the team of Everday Life Around the World for hosting the meme.
Not bad! Did you pay him? I grow those Heliconias aren't they just made for the taking?!
ReplyDeleteha ha... the snake cather 'catches' every opportunity... clever!
ReplyDeleteBtw, sorry to hear about people plucking your heliconia flower... I guess they are just too pretty to ignore ;-)
This is really funny! Can he really catch the snake?
ReplyDeleteHa ha ...I find this funny too! Another form of opportunist lurking around your Heliconia plant now!
ReplyDeleteThis was a funny story for the beginning of a new day. The snake catcher is a colorful looking character.
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The sign caught his attention too! Or did he come looking for the heliconia.
ReplyDeleteThis was too funny! And there I was thinking that you had hit on such an ingenious plan!
ReplyDeleteBTW, do you really have cobras in your garden? I do. And Russell's Vipers too. Double trouble!
Hi Lotusleaf, I think it is very creative of you to come up with such a sign with pictures and an effective message. How did you handle the snake catcher? I'll rather have my flowers taken than to have to pay that snake catcher.
ReplyDeletea funny and interesting post. you can use the camera's macro mode to get those flowers in focus. am also having a flowers herbal garden blog
ReplyDeleteThe snake charmer responded well to your sign. Never let an opportunity go by!! That's a lively picture to warn the culprits.
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