You doubt me...?
For those who doubt my story of a 4 foot long snake in my yard-- are you from Missouri or what??-- here is further photographic proof.The kids, though.. they're all made up.
posted by owlhaven @ 10:44 AM
Monday, May 15
The kids, though.. they're all made up.
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- Name: owlhaven
- Location: United States
I am Mary. 20 years ago I married my high school sweetheart. We have kids in college, high school, junior high, grade school, preschool, and diapers, 8 altogether. Half arrived via adoption. I homeschool. I kiss owies. I write. I eat chocolate. I garden. I cook. I take pictures obsessively. I am very busy and very, very blessed. I write at my Owlhaven Wordpress blog, my Ethiopia adoption blog and at LargerFamilies.com
15 Comments:
Yuck! Do you know what kind it is?
I'm a believer! I don't knwo where you live, but if it's south they are a dime a dozen. We used to find huge ones in our yards all the time. Of course, I lived near a bayou... Blech!
eww..I would have died if I had seen that in my yard! I hate snakes...they are creepy and have no legs, that my friends is the DEVIL!
Is it a bull snake? My first husband was an amateur herpetologist and he kept live snakes (some venomous) in cages IN THE HOUSE, before we had kids and I had to fight to get rid of them. That kind of proximity makes you less afraid of the non-venomous ones, and completely phobic about the venomous ones. I have some snake horror stories that would make your hair stand on end...!!
it is a gopher snake-- not poisonous but very gross anyway.
Mary
LOL I looked up snake patterns when you first posted the tail pic, and I jotted down gopher snake and spotted leaf-nosed snake. But man...there are so many snake patterns!
Can I say yuck?
Oh my gosh, where's the head?!?!?
under the shovel!
Mary
Growing up out in the country (on the central coast of California), we encountered many a rattlesnake...who always found their head under my dad's shovel!
we only have garter snakes on the Island - they are non-poisonous and great for the garden. They give me the willies now but when I was a kid I used to carry them wrapped around my wrist - hey!! maybe I should have entered that into your contest Mary :)
I live in AZ and we have lots of snake sightings!! In fact, one of our friends found one in their yard just a couple weeks ago : )
Yuck... I hate snakes!!
SKETCHY. Seriously. I've got the crawly feeling on my neck now.
At least it's not a rat.
That's a whole lot of snake.
I used to have a "pet" blacksnake that lived under my grandparents' front porch. She would come out to sun herself and I would pet her. She was about six feet long.
But I can understand your reaction. With a yard full of kids, a big 'ole snake would freak me out, too.
the tapr measure is a lovely touch!
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