Hi Natty! Oh, what a pleasant day in the woods. I wish I were there with you. It looks really wet. I'm glad to see you dress modestly when you're not working. You must be aware that God has made you scary beautiful lately, so it's wise not to show yourself off. Plus, it matches the shoes. Please keep safe and healthy. I don't know if you would enjoy the jungles here just as much, but I will take you there someday inshaAllah. My mother owns an orchard out in the jungle, passed on by my grandfather. I remember spending much time there as a kid, most of my seniors were addicted to durians. No one goes there now and it is unkempt. Too much labor.
The trouble with the jungle is not so much the foliage, but the beasts. They are overwhelming! This area where I live used to be jungle and rice fields. The jungle has gone, but the beasts remain. Big snakes and lizards are a common sight. One big lizard dug a hole by a pole in my back yard. I stuffed the hole with rocks and bricks, but it kept digging. You can see it in the photo below. I have never been able to kill one of those lizards, but I got my first chance when the cats pointed out the lizard trying to get into the hole. It was a huge one! So fat that it got its head stuck. So I grabbed my metal staff, and rained blows on it. It was hard to aim at the hole by the pole, but I got a couple of solid hits on it. I think I broke its back, because it didn't move its hind legs. So I kept hitting it until it slowly crawled all the way into the hole with its front legs. It's still down there, I will know for sure that it's dead when I smell it. It must have been a female looking for a nest. What, live and let live? Are you kidding me? Die, die, DIE!!!
