Jennasis
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So I'm mowing our yard today and as I come ridin' round the corner of the house (on our riding mower) I see something shiny, black and coiled up against our picket fence.
Blech...a snake. A black snake. Harmless. Helpful even. But so gross. He sees the mower and makes a run for it under the bush near the side of the house. Luckily there was a bird's nest in there and the momma bird didn't take kindly to him there and chased him out. Mind you this was a BIG snake. About 4 foot long and thicker than a garden hose. So I watch, amused, as this bird kicks this huge snakes butt...the snake trying desperately to run...slither...away while the momma yells and pecks at him.
But I can't leave Sir Hiss in the yard. He could upset the dogs. So now I have to try to coax it out of the corner of the house by our AC unit where he's holed up. I toss a few sticks at him and he makes a break for it across the yard. Fast bugger too! He slithers out through the picket fence and hangs out in the driveway while I finish mowing.
Then I grab a pitchfork and try...unsuccessfully to scopp him up so I can toss him in the big cornfield across the street, but he's being uncooperative. Strong dude too! After much screaming like a little girl and dancing around like I'm on hot coals, I manage to fling him a few feet at a time all the way across the street and into the corn field.
Great right?
NOPE. The punk waits for me to drive away with the lawn mower and tries to come back across the street and into the yard! So we do the screaming dance again until I could get him FURTHER into the field. Now I'm in the house, watching the road like a hawk...
For those wondering why I didn't kill it...I don't enjoy killing things (other than bugs and even those I won't kill anything big enough to make a crunch sound. DH kills those). Black snakes ARE harmless and helpful at keeping the rodent population down. he wasn't bothering anybody...but he can't live in my yard.
Want to see a pic?
Blech...a snake. A black snake. Harmless. Helpful even. But so gross. He sees the mower and makes a run for it under the bush near the side of the house. Luckily there was a bird's nest in there and the momma bird didn't take kindly to him there and chased him out. Mind you this was a BIG snake. About 4 foot long and thicker than a garden hose. So I watch, amused, as this bird kicks this huge snakes butt...the snake trying desperately to run...slither...away while the momma yells and pecks at him.
But I can't leave Sir Hiss in the yard. He could upset the dogs. So now I have to try to coax it out of the corner of the house by our AC unit where he's holed up. I toss a few sticks at him and he makes a break for it across the yard. Fast bugger too! He slithers out through the picket fence and hangs out in the driveway while I finish mowing.
Then I grab a pitchfork and try...unsuccessfully to scopp him up so I can toss him in the big cornfield across the street, but he's being uncooperative. Strong dude too! After much screaming like a little girl and dancing around like I'm on hot coals, I manage to fling him a few feet at a time all the way across the street and into the corn field.
Great right?
NOPE. The punk waits for me to drive away with the lawn mower and tries to come back across the street and into the yard! So we do the screaming dance again until I could get him FURTHER into the field. Now I'm in the house, watching the road like a hawk...
For those wondering why I didn't kill it...I don't enjoy killing things (other than bugs and even those I won't kill anything big enough to make a crunch sound. DH kills those). Black snakes ARE harmless and helpful at keeping the rodent population down. he wasn't bothering anybody...but he can't live in my yard.
Want to see a pic?
What? It seemed logical at the time. 
He did find a big slit in the bottom of our screen so it looks like he has a job this weekend. Needless to say, I have not been back on our lanai since.
