a visitor!

We had an unexpected visitor this morning and what a commotion we had!


I was sending sweetness to a neighbor's with some books. As she stepped out the door she nearly stepped on a snake!

She continued on her errand and invited the neighbors to "Come see our snake!" As if it was ours and we were going to keep it!  The boys came to check it out.  While she was gone I took this picture and called the fire dept.  It crawled, slithered, right up under that little lip and refused to come out. A hose and some water took care of that!

 Not very big, 12-15 inches, just a baby really!  It is either a Gopher Snake or a Bull Snake. Also referred to has "typical snake" since they are so common in desert regions. It is non-venomous.  I knew it wasn't a rattler, but wasn't sure just what it was.

They took the now angry snake and I assume released it into the desert.  Recently our little man has been rather obsessed with snakes and telling anyone who will listen that he EATS snakes.  As far as I know, he doesn't. And we didn't keep this one for lunch either!

A snake AND a fire truck. Could our morning have been more perfect?