I always admire the nature notes of Dawn . She does an amazing job at capturing her love of beauty created by GOD! I really hope to incorporate this into our home study. This little guy was sitting outside of my kitchen window one day (6/7) ... While eating lunch, {C} ... my 2 year old, was looking out our kitchen windows (they are low), and she said "Hi lizzler" (we get green lizards on our brick outside the window), but then she also said "Wook, a snake!". Sure enough this guy was perched on top of some of our bushes ... the very same area I spent mulching yesterday . He was about 2.5-3 feet long, but not thick. I felt compelled to look this up on the computer ... yikes! I am sure some of you see this stuff often, but this city girl does not like these "NO FEET" animals. My curious 2 year old found this little fellow! I believe it was this ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coluber_constrictor .