OH..NO..not another one.

Happened AGAIN...yesterday. Out in our loverly back yard.

Princess had a friend spend the night and they wanted to use the little pool. Had to waddle out there to clean it out since it has not be used since last week and it was full of grass, leaves, dead bugs, (but no dead birds)..etc.

The girls up near the pool..fat momma here down by the house to turn on the hose (in barefeet again..you would think I would learn) and as I start to go towards them..there in the grass..a little (2 foot long) SNAKE!! DARN IT!!!!

I tell the girls about it and being 8-year-olds...they want to see it. So we are on the other side of Chef Husband's herb garden looking at it through, appropriately enough, a CHICKEN wire fence..like the thing couldn't come and get us. LOL. I take a picture of it but my camera doesn't have a wonderful zoom feature so you can't really see it.

Anyway we wander in the house and decide to leave little snakey alone. It is still early morning so maybe once the blazing sun comes out snakey will be asleep. UGH.

I use the opportunity to play teacher and we look up the snake online. Lucky for me...our state has a good website for those of us who don't have a clue about the critters.

http://www.oplin.org/snake/quick%20id/cp_striped03.html

This is what we decided it must be (Garter snake). Of course Princess was upset because it eats worms..she likes worms..strange child.

Forward to the afternoon under blazing hot sun..snakey is gone and girls are playing in the pool and outside. They find a little frog and want to keep it. I tell them to let it go..it must live in the wild.

All the while I am thinking..oh..no..that is why snakey was in the yard..we have a snake buffet happening..worms and frogs and snakes...oh my