It rained practically all morning long today.... another good pouring-down soaking rain that put even more water in the pond. Last week's rain brought the turtles out of the woods and they were sunning themselves on the rocks in the pond. Today's rain thoroughly covered the rocks, so I didn't see the turtles but I'm sure they're all still out there. Five at last count.
When it stopped raining and the sun came out, I went into town for errands and grocery shopping. As I was carrying packages from the car to the back steps, I saw a green and black ribbon snake sunning itself on the courtyard. Oh goodie. It was just a small one, but that's even worse because there's never just one or two snake-babies around.... there are a lot of snake babies and heaven only knows where the other ones are that I didn't see. I repeat..... Oh goodie.
J and I walked this afternoon..... and on the way down our hill, right near where the road turns, there was yet another snake. This one was in the road, and looking right up at us.... another small one, but one we'd never seen before. J did some Internet searching and found out it's an 'eastern hognose.' Just goes to show you that snakes don't abide by the rules..... Texas is not on the east coast, last I heard. This particular snake wasn't too pretty (as if any of them are?) and the colors were weird... black and red and brown, and its large head wasn't in proportion to the rest of its body either. Once again, it was a small snake....... which means its siblings are probably out there in the woods somewhere. That particular one looked at us and then slithered off in the direction of my pond. Once again.... Oh goodie.
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