I wanted to share one of my garden friends with you. This is Sneaky Snake. He lives in a hole in the railroad tie right next to the horseradish. Unless it is very hot out, I see him each day in the mid to late morning when he is sunning himself. I am not much of a snake person. I won't handle them unless absolutely necessary, but I don't mind having them around a long as they don't surprise me. Sneaky and I are used to each other and no one gets jumpy or nervous or moves quickly. I am sure I could pick him up easily if I wanted to. But I don't want to. I just get a kick out of his routine, and enjoy talking to him. Today as I was walking back and forth and around the garden shed doing my chores, he assumed this position with his chin on the edge and just watched my comings and goings for almost an hour.
I love snakes. Each of us have our jobs to do. We had a 5 foot black anake that lived on our patio and he was a friendly as can be. When I got chickens, I had a talk with him and told him to not go in the coop for eggs. I guess there was planty to eat though because he never did go in.
ReplyDeleteHe's a cutey. With all the stone fences around here, hardly a day goes by that I don't see at least one.
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