Carol’s Dragonfly Ranch

Home of Carol’s Pond


April 27, 2026


April is almost over, just 3 more days. It has warmed up enough today I may have to turn on the AC. I may have to change the name of this blog to Carol’s Rabbit Ranch. I was out last night hunting armadillos and saw 2 cottontails in the side yard and this morning there was one in the back yard. Yesterday morning on my way to church, 2 deer went across the road in front of me. I enjoy watching them jump fences.


It is still very dry. We need rain desperately. The turtles in Carol’s Pond have claimed one end of Goat Island. My neighbor dropped a couple of pine trees in the pond over by the dam and the turtles like them too.


Samantha, the green lizard that likes to flirt with me was walking the deck rails a couple of weeks ago and Sam a brown and blue lizard may have taken up residence in the garage. I left the door open a inch or so. But I do not know if he stayed or left.


My health is deteriorating rapidly. I have macula degeneration and can no longer drive at night. That and along with stage 3 kidney disease and my heart is acting up. This morning it woke me up, beating like a runaway truck. I am not afraid of dying, I just ask that it be quick. In fact, I welcome death. Death means I will be with Carol and that is beyond great, beyond stupendous beyond anything I could name.


I think this will be the final post to Carol’s Pond.


Later,

Rex


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