Last night while we were working outside, a garter snake (pictured at left) scared the living daylights out of us by appearing in the space left behind when we lifted a concrete water spout. Of course I thought it was enormous and poisonous and freaked out. (Jesse: “Kristen, chill. It’s like the smallest snake on the planet and it’s not bothering anyone.” Me: “Kill it, kill it, kill it.” Jesse: [rolling eyes])
After taking several photos and frantically comparing them to every snake pic on the internet, I identified it as a harmless, though mildly terrifying, Eastern gartersnake. Great, so if …read more