This handsome critter was stretched out in the rocks across the road from thhe garden yesterday.
At first I thought it was a length of soaker hose, somehow gone astray, but a closer look revealed a good-sized black snake -- maybe five feet long -- with a chipmunk-sized bulge in the middle...
I know that not everyone is a fan of snakes like me so I'll close with some pretty flowers. And tomorrow, there will be kitties. (Especially for the newly wed Susan Jane Urbanski who
.Something about Facebook. Whenever I do a post with kitties, I get about twice the comments and traffic.
Snakes, however . . . not so popular. In fact, a serious turn-off for lots of folks. Fluffy wins over scales every time, it seems.