I recently attacked my very first "retirement project," my backyard (a.k.a The Jungle). The project looked very intimidating at first but with the help of my friends Tammy, Doug and Nancy, and my dad and his truck we finally did it. It turned out to be quite the project though and the brush we cleared out filled my dad's entire trailer (horse trailer size).
Now I have to decide if I'm going to do anything to landscape it further or just sprinkle a bunch of Casseron all over. Does anybody out there have any suggestions?
If any of you are feeling left out because you didn't get to help with the yard projects I've got plenty more daunting tasks as well. They include but are not limited to: applying an "anti-moss" strip to the roof, cleaning out the garage, repairing a rotten deck, fixing the upstairs bathroom fan... Ah, the joys of home ownership.
I found this interesting bone under all the brush I cleared, does anyone have an idea of what it may have come from?
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I vote that it's the partial jaw of an extinct and very dangerous cross between a mammal and reptile. It was a sugarvore (as evidenced by the missing teeth [can you say "dental caries?"]). Further, it did not maintain adequate calcium intake for it's nutritional requirements because, obviously, a rare mammal/reptile wouldn't have lost a jaw if it hadn't broken and fallen off in the first place. Rare (and now extinct) mammal/reptiles don't just go around leaving their jaws for anyone to find. They are very protective of such things. This one must have been particularly confused or forgetful or obtunded (can anyone say h-e-p-a-t-i-c e-n-c-e-p-h-a-l-o-p-a-t-h-y?) to leave part of it's jaw laying around. I think it's safe to say that it wasn't among the last of it's kind. I think it was the type that gets eliminated early on. ;)
There's one very similar to this at Lake Crescent - perhaps you should compare the two, or even take them both to a specialist just to ask.
Actually, I just googled and found several pictures of dog - and mainly coyote jawbones that look very similar, I'm guessing that's what it is since there are/have been coyotes in this area for a long time. Unless somebody who lived in your house many years ago buird their pet dog...
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