Galia has now returned to work just over a week ago as the factory is just making ends after a major scare when orders dropping like a lead balloon. The order for electric/wood burning boilers is just ticking over as Galia was now asked back to work. This is great news after her recent medical problem and somewhat brings about a massive relief as we bring some much-needed cash into the home. We all hope that the orders stay on a level term until thinks pick up again.
This week we were reminded of the snake experience we had in the village last year, not pleasant one at all for Galia. Now that the warm weather is here and Galia returned to work in the office it came to pass that she leaves the office door open. As she wonders about the factory grounds to inspect the work on the boilers she returned to the office only to find a big snake that had made its way into the room.
A massive shriek was made and three workers came to here aid with a chair, a spade and a watering can! Dont' ask why! The snake just didn’t have a chance as it was batter to death and fed to the security dogs. Well that';s the Bulagrian way I suppose. The snake wasn't poison, b ut was over a metre in length. Needless to say the office door now is kept firmly shut and checks made by security in the morning before she arrives.
Galia is now a bag of nerves as this was the first encounter of snakes in the town. They are usually confined to the village areas, now she has to contend with the fear of knowing they are about in town. And on the television this evening on the news there was a public information service giving advice on which snakes were poison and which weren’t and also warning that the onset of hot weather this week will bring about a small invasion of snakes about right now. Not something many people here want.
Having known for some time that snakes in Bulgaria are a problem from stories told from folk in my village, it s a wary couple that go to Skalitsa this weekend. It is not only to see whether the recent earthquake has left the farmhouse in one piece, but to gingerly check each room for snakes before we settle in. And to think I was out and about haymaking in snakes territory in just flip-flops and shorts last weekend! Never a dull moment here in Bulgaria.
This week we were reminded of the snake experience we had in the village last year, not pleasant one at all for Galia. Now that the warm weather is here and Galia returned to work in the office it came to pass that she leaves the office door open. As she wonders about the factory grounds to inspect the work on the boilers she returned to the office only to find a big snake that had made its way into the room.
A massive shriek was made and three workers came to here aid with a chair, a spade and a watering can! Dont' ask why! The snake just didn’t have a chance as it was batter to death and fed to the security dogs. Well that';s the Bulagrian way I suppose. The snake wasn't poison, b ut was over a metre in length. Needless to say the office door now is kept firmly shut and checks made by security in the morning before she arrives.
Galia is now a bag of nerves as this was the first encounter of snakes in the town. They are usually confined to the village areas, now she has to contend with the fear of knowing they are about in town. And on the television this evening on the news there was a public information service giving advice on which snakes were poison and which weren’t and also warning that the onset of hot weather this week will bring about a small invasion of snakes about right now. Not something many people here want.
Having known for some time that snakes in Bulgaria are a problem from stories told from folk in my village, it s a wary couple that go to Skalitsa this weekend. It is not only to see whether the recent earthquake has left the farmhouse in one piece, but to gingerly check each room for snakes before we settle in. And to think I was out and about haymaking in snakes territory in just flip-flops and shorts last weekend! Never a dull moment here in Bulgaria.
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I don't care for snakes that much myself and it's the one thing I am very consistence of when walking the fields in rural Thailand. Of course the occasional scorpion doesn't please me much either!
ReplyDeleteMartin not my favourite creature as you know. Funnily enough I remember holidays in Greece at this time of the year and being surprised how many snakes you saw. The one in the pic looks like a venomous adder.
ReplyDeleteHey Martin, I remembered there was once a snake was found in the toilet bowl of a flat back in Singapore (was on news headlines). I have absolutely no idea how it got there.. must have wriggled its way up through the sewage. Imagine the poor soul trying to take a crap.
ReplyDeleteHi Talen,
ReplyDeleteHope you're in fine fettle.
Scorpions I've never met one, not sure what the reaction would be on those.
Hi Mike,
ReplyDeleteYep yo're right a venomous adder we have two types here the common adder and the bottled nose adder. The latter must have tried the rakia!
Hi CK, Good to see you here.
ReplyDeleteI assume it arrived from the basin and not from above! lol
If so, I think the snake would have been just as shocked as the sitter!
Ugggh! Martin,
ReplyDeleteThose snakes in the picture looks frightening enough. And its just a picture.
I am deadly terrified by snakes. Just the sight of a snake would be enought to petrify me even if it is non-poisonous.
Oh! I was told that snakes can't take to sulphur powder. It is a deterrent to stave off snakes from entering the house.
Oh lovely, I have mixed emotions about snakes. I don't like them and prefer to stay at a distance even if I know the type is harmless. I also think some of them are very beautiful especially when they are not agitated. When I was a kid we had many snakes in the yard, mostly boas. I was out picking leaves for my rabbit, not noticing the coiled snake near my feet. When I did, I took off at the speed of light around the house and I swear I was getting faster with every step, thinking the snake was on my heels. Oddly, I ran right past the front door. Like the snake at Galia's office, this snake met a gruesome and undignified death.
ReplyDeleteI woke up this morning feeling relaxed and now I've read this the old nreves are setting in again. Myself and Wilai have driven past one snake in the road already today, up country we usually see a couple on a hours drive. That's how I like to view them, locked in a metal box that's got a lot of acceleration. Good news about Galia's work, all the best from a very hot Ban Dung.
ReplyDeleteArrrghhhh .... *faints*
ReplyDeleteWe got one in the farmhouse last year, quite common in our village in trhe late spring. Galia has never been the same since.
ReplyDeleteHi Dutchie,
ReplyDeleteI feel the same way about heights! IK'd swap that fear for fear of snakes anyday!
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