Another missed photo op
I have GOT to get some more batteries for my camera. I saw a pretty snake in my garden today, but a picture would be vastly preferable to a thousand words. A video of me jumping three feet in the air because the snake in question startled me screechy would be even better.
I really didn’t expect to see a lively, active snake during a cold snap, even with the sun out. It was a harmless little black racer, but black racers hide in vegetation, and rapidly whip their tails in the dead leaves on the ground if they are disturbed. The resulting noise sounds very much like a rattlesnake and scares the hell out of anything with ears and a lick of common sense.
I heard the snake before I saw it, so I jumped up and back, while emitting a high-pitched squeal that would make any two-year old kid proud. Then I felt stupid, after realizing that I had been scared silly by a pretty little thing about a foot long, about as big around as my finger, and less toxic than a toy from China.
So how was YOUR day?