I drove up the road to do a Geology program today and I saw a Gopher snake. Mark it on the calendar girls, the first snake of the season has indeed been seen. Unfortunately, not photographed however. I didn't have my camera, so I used these public domain pictures from nps.gov. HURRAY, HURRAY, HURRAY!!!!!!!!! THE FIRST SNAKE! I'M SO EXCITED! The fabulous slithery dude was in the road so I got out of the truck and coaxed him off the road. He did not like that very much, and cocked his head to the side and huffed and puffed as he slowly moved away into the bushes. But I would seriously be bummed if he had been squished by a car. The following is my ode to the Gopher snake.
Oh, Gopher snake so fat and sassy
If you got smashed it would be messy
So slide off into your shaded abode
and get the fuck off of the road.
Thank you to those whom I know are clapping and whistling, and even perhaps giving me a "whoot whoot".
Sorry I have been a blog lazy ass lately. Busy busy busy in the summer months. Everyone wants to see the Park right now, so I barely have time to breathe let alone blog.
Next blog I will tell you all about the Concert fiasco with Kiri
8 comments:
Love the poem...but ewwwwww...snake...
I'm such a girl when it comes to the serpants. Ewwwwww.....
HELLO - your weird! I would be backing up the car so that I didn't squish it but I WOULD NOT be getting out of the car and coaxing it anywhere!
I have a ring neck snake that lives in my back yard - he's great except when he darts out when I'm not expecting it - I'm thinking of wearing DEPENDS in the yard from now on "just in case". Cause he scares the piss out of me sometimes.
Snakes rock!
I can't wait till we see more snakes in the yard. Of course they're just the regular garter types, but they're lovely anyway.
I wonder if I can catch a bunch and stick them in my root veggie boxes to solve my problem. Any expert opinions?
snakes...not on a plane. I love that you love snakes. in fact, here is my ode to kodi's ode to a snake:
kodi, kodi, lover of snakes
people think you are half baked.
I know you are quite a ranger
happy that you're not a stranger.
You rock Rangerin' Kodi!! I would never have gotten out of the car at all. Makes me want to yelp just thinkin about it!
Snakes I can handle, nay even like. Now, had the road been covered in grasshoppers, crickets, or moths, I would have locked the doors and cried for my mommy.
A ranger named Kodi loved snakes,
Though her blogging pals yelled, "Goodness sakes!
We think you are nuts,
For saving snakes' butts."
But the snakes to sweet Kodi say, "Thanks."
Is THIS the reason I've been dreaming about snakes all week? Last year about this time a snake came into our house when I opened the back door. And we found it a week later in our bathroom closet. When it struck the whole room smelled like skunk. It scared the fuck out of me.
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