snakes

It's Friday the 13th. It's been a long week. I've decided at 6pm that I'm ready to call it a night, when three members of my family walk in with a very unwelcome visitor.

I know a lot of people are afraid of snakes, but I wanted to show this little fellow and let you know that, if you see a snake like this around your home, he's completely harmless and will help take care of pesky insects in your garden.

Okay, this video really is somewhat creepy. I'm not particularly afraid of snakes, but I don't relish the thought of walking into my kitchen and finding one stealing eggs off the counter. The person who shot this video, Laura Neff, heard a noise in her kitchen...

We've just come out of a particularly rainy season. With all that rain, some low lying areas have experienced some flooding and the high water is not the only problem we may have to deal with. Just as we seek higher ground in flood zones, so do snakes...