Turtles, snakes, rainbows and free fatty acids. Just another month of work at The Plant. – May 2016
WE STOP FOR TURTLES
It’s turtle breeding season again and not uncommon to see turtles crossing the road. Camille stopped on Lorax Lane on the way The Plant to scoop this one up and move him/her to the shoulder.
A WET SPRING
It rained a lot in May and there were several spectacular rainbows. Malcolm mows between storms on our new zero-turn lawn tractor.
MISTAKEN IDENTITY
Camille was puzzled over why this handsome black snake climbed up from the boxwood onto the Abundance NC office window and stayed there for half an hour. As best we can figure, it had something to do with the black weather stripping. The snake stared and stared, coiled for action and finally gave up and went away. Whether it presented opportunity or threat is anyone’s guess. Mating season does strange things to reptilian brains.
A DANCE AS OLD AS LIFE
Bob was privileged to witness the elegant mating ritual of two beautiful black snakes the next day. What a great story it would make if one of these was the same snake Camille saw dancing with the weather stripping the previous day.
FATTY ACID FUN
By day Bob has become a mad scientist, wrangling a recipe from coconut oil in his laboratory at The Plant. He is saponifying oil and acidulating soaps to help formulate some natural pesticide and herbicides for one of our tenant companies.