Meet them when they are babies . .
Handle them when they are young and have a souvenir photo taken . . . .
Handle them when they are older and have a souvenir photo taken . . . .
Ignore the signs . . . .
Make eye contact . . . . . .
Observe them in the wild. See that big boy?
He’s a little boy. Big mama is behind him . . . .
Make them smile . . .
Make them laugh . . . .
Get into a conversation with them . . . .
Make sure you can trust your brother . . . . .
Don’t let them get hold of your arm . . . . .
Great idea Jude! When people say, ‘What happened to your arm?’ I say ‘Well . . . . when I was in Florida I was attacked by an alligator.’
Much more fun than saying, ‘I’ve had an operation on my wrist.’
No one believes me but it’s good for a laugh.
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You got guts! I couldn’t imagine sticking my head in the jaws of a real live dinosaur and maintaining a big grin on my face.
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Hahaha! He was long dead. And very very still. I’m not that brave/stupid. ☺
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Hilarious! Great use of your alligator photos.
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My scar is healing quite neatly. I may need to come up with a new story.
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We all find inspiration in strange places. 🙂 I’m glad you’re healing.
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Thank you.
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I couldn’t make this 🙂 Amazing ptographs. Thank you, with my love, nia
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Thanks for visiting Nia!
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Hope you’re making good progress, Carol. I had to look the other way. Ali’s give me the heebie jeebies 🙂
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Sorry Jo. They are a bit primeval looking. Or is that just evil? I’ll try to find something less creepy to post.
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Are you freaking mad? Get your head out of there
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Hahaha! It’s the same picture that upset you last time, BD. It isn’t real. Calm down. 😉 I’m still intact. More or less.
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Would just hate to lose you. …
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No ‘gators here in England. Thanks for your concern. 🙂
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Yikes….WHAT ARE YOU DOING????? I love the smiling and laughing photos-brilliant! 🙂
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Just cuddling the wildlife. 😉
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Looks like a great fun day.
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It was several different days from my alligator archives. Haha. All fun except for the last picture.
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so now, the real truth comes out….. 😀
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Which would be . . . . . ? Oh dear, what tale did I spin to start with?
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Well, here I been feeling sorry for you with your wrist injury, and now I come to suspect you did it messing around with gators. 😀
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I was just trying to be modest but then I thought everyone could benefit from my extensive ‘gator handling expertise. 😉 Hoping, of course, that you would overlook the fact there aren’t any ‘gators in England. 😉 Hahaha!
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We used to have them in our backyard all the time where I grew up — they ate several of the neighborhood pets . 😀
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Oh phew! I thought you were going to say they ate the neighbours! :-O
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No, but one did bust through a neighbors screened in pool area and took a dip. 😀
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Can you blame him? Those pools can look very inviting!
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Hahahaha— I can’t blame him a bit.
The neightbor did, but then, he never invited ANYBODY over to swim in his pool. 😀
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Even with that strap around the alligator’s snout, I say that picture took a bit of trust in the alligator.
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On the alligator’s part or mine?
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thanks for the laugh. Everyone wearing a cast needs a good cover story 🙂
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Of course I look like an alligator wrestler so that helps.
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Way too cool with your head in that alligator even if he wasn’t live. Think your story about the arm should be good for a whole lot of laughs, too! 😀
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I just had to have that photo. I waited for ages for a little boy to take a smart phone photo of his parents sitting on it. Kind of takes the thrill out of the whole situation doesn’t it?
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Great pictures! I held a baby alligator when we visited Everglades in Florida. Though your last line made me laugh; I am sorry for your arm being bitten by an alligator. 😛
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Haha! That’s my story and I’m sticking to it!
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Lovely photos Carol – I wouldn’t trust MY brother…
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Hahaha! It helped that it was a stuffed (stuffed? dunno) alligator in a museum and both himself (photographer) and Bro (alli tamer) thought I was ridiculous for wanting the photo but I think it’s a cracker! Really, who wouldn’t want their photo taken in the mouth of an alligator?
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Erm… me?
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Ok, you, himself and my brother but surely everyone else else would. 😉
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Oh it was so nice to see your alligator pics, Carol. I’m really missing Mr. A. I hope he’s stilla round when we get back to Florida. I love your smiling and laughing photos. 🙂 😀
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Cute aren’t they? You could almost cuddle them. Oh, I did, didn’t I?
Enjoy the rest of your trip!
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O M G. And now here we are right back where we began…..that alligator pic you showed me the first day we talked on here. I cannot believe you ever held an alligator (with its mouth wrapped or not!) This is a great post. Most enjoyable. Though I’m more than happy to leave these gators to you….even the babies!
My older son has a scar on his side from a gash he received during a fall. We told him to call it his shark bite because it sounded better than saying, ‘I fell in the bathtub.’ As far as I know, he still calls it his shark bite! Much better conversation piece, just like yours.
Thanks for the pic of your arm….one thing about plaster casts……they do make you look thin, huh? Looks like a teenager’s arm! So there’s a bit of positive for you if you need it!
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Made me laugh! Thin I like. My poor forearm has gone all skinny. It will be a while before I’m ‘pumping iron.’
As for shark bites, I like that too. Wish I’d thought of it but then I don’t have any photos of sharks.
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Actually, I’m thinking we could invent new plan to help people with this knowledge we have now……plaster cast diet plan. Once one arm is done, we cast the next arm, and then a leg, and the other leg…..body cast, yep, could see this working just fine.
Am quite glad you have no photos of sharks! Your gator photos are more than I can handle already! Oh! You better get that right arm built back up in case you have to hold anymore gators!
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Hahaha! No gators in England. I might get bitten by a squirrel. 😀
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See what you are missing being out on the road Carol! 😉
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Can’t drive to Florida from here! 😉
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Carol Lee, Alligator Hunter.
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Thought you’d like this. I know how you love alligators. 😉
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