Unwelcome Surprise
She was repotting some houseplants and pouring potting soil from a previously opened bag into one of the pots. Suddenly, Cyndie shrieked, jumped, and dropped the bag as a very long snake slithered out.
That bag of soil had been stored in the garage attached to our house. This means that the snake had been rooting around in the garage long enough to make its way up onto the lower shelf and find the bag opening to get inside.
For a better perspective of how disconcertingly long this snake was, here it is with our shadows for comparison:
Much to my dismay, it didn’t make haste to wriggle its way off into the woods. In fact, while I was sitting in the glider nearby as Cyndie worked, I suddenly noticed the snake had turned around and was making its way back toward us.
No thank you. Suddenly I was the one making haste to remove myself from the vicinity of our front door. It will be bad enough if I encounter this snake in our garage but if it somehow makes its way into the house I may be looking for a new place to live.
As far as I’m concerned, winter can’t get here fast enough. Ice-cold temperatures and oodles of snow. No bugs. No poison ivy. NO SNAKES!
In the eleven years we have lived here, I haven’t seen nearly as many snakes on our property as I have this summer.
For the record, in case you haven’t noticed, I. Do. Not. Like. Snakes.
.
.
Relative Something 
With you 100%!!!! I have almost been hit by a car while walking on a path…and then a snake slithers out in front of me and I jump into the road in front of cars!!! I know…doesn’t make much sense but it is instinct! I’m with you, John. I LOVE summer and the hot and humid weather…but I have seen more CRITTERS than I care to imagine this summer!
lorriebowden
August 13, 2023 at 11:16 am
We ended up coming upon a garter snake on the way to the beach at the lake so my attempt to get away from snakes didn’t work. It had a big bump from a recent meal. Probably an unlucky frog. Ugh!
johnwhays
August 13, 2023 at 5:53 pm
OH!!! Honestly, John…I can’t even bring myself to think of the monsters that live in the center of our state! I think they just opened season to hunt them and for the life of me I can’t figure out why there has to be “a season!”
Have a super snake-free week!!
lorriebowden
August 13, 2023 at 7:26 pm
😂 This scene is too funny in my head! I wonder why so many snakes this year? We haven’t noticed many (if any?) at our house. I enjoy winter because it means NO MORE FLIES. Those are what we have an over-abundance of…
Liz
August 11, 2023 at 8:40 am
Flies, mosquitos, ants… they all disappear in the winter (except the random flies that wake up indoors at odd intervals). I never miss them.
johnwhays
August 11, 2023 at 1:39 pm
I bet you screamed like a girl!!
Lynne
August 10, 2023 at 2:04 pm
That is a bet you can almost always win! You know me too well. Cyndie had a difficult time convincing me to come down off the lawn furniture.
johnwhays
August 10, 2023 at 2:08 pm
Oh, but I don’t see a picture of THAT!!
Lynne
August 10, 2023 at 2:18 pm
Yeah, the cameraman was a little distracted at the time. I think we are all better off for it.
johnwhays
August 10, 2023 at 2:35 pm
Wow!
Ian Rowcliffe
August 10, 2023 at 10:31 am
Yes, indeed!
johnwhays
August 10, 2023 at 12:18 pm