Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Wordful Wednesday and An Unwanted Visitor

On Sunday we came home from church, opened the garage door and let the kids out of the truck as usual. As Calum walked up the driveway he walked about two feet away from the snake before Geoff saw him and said in his cool calm voice.

"There's a snake..move the kids."

I freaked, thinking it was a baby rattler.

We live where we always have to be vigilant because there are snakes, and we do see them more often than I would like, or we hear that a neighbor saw one.

In the almost three years we have lived here we have had two rattlesnakes, and several gopher snakes on our property.

I will never get used to it!

After research our consensus was that it was not a rattlesnake, but nonetheless scary!


Wordful Wednesday is hosted by Angie at Seven Clown Circus.


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19 comments:

Leslee P said...

oooh, scarry! I hate snakes...

Claremont First Ward said...

I would have FREAKED. I am SO afraid of snakes. In fact, some of my most terrifying nightmares involve lots and lots of snakes. Is the Isle of Wight the same as the Isle of Man?

Kameron said...

Sounds like you got lucky to marry a calm one too. If I would have seen it first I probably would have screamed!

Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

very nice! hahahahaha

Anonymous said...

what happened to the other one?

Anonymous said...

yeah! its much better,

Live.Love.Eat said...

Oh wow. I have a love hate relationship with them but if one is near my child then I would quickly turn all crazy momma bear on it. Or so I say. I got the chills.

Lorina said...

Creepy.. I hate snakes. Which is kinda funny that I used to hunt them down with my brothers.. gives me the chills just thinking about it.

Elizabeth said...

Good thing Geoff saw it before Calum got to it. There was a copperhead in our neighbors driveway a couple weeks ago.

Rachael Schirano \\ Rachael Schirano Photography said...

i would have totally freaked out!

Shannon said...

Wow! That is an awesome photo but a scary incident. So glad dad saw it and remained calm.

Anonymous said...

Oh, that is not a welcomed visitor...ugh. Not at my house any way..

tiarastantrums said...

argh - I HATE SNAKES!!!!

Michelle said...

Scary! We live on a canyon so we have to watch out for Rattle snakes.

Heather said...

Ewwwww! I hate snakes so much! I would have screamed and ran!

amanda said...

i literally just got the chills when i saw the picture.

uck honey!!

Anonymous said...

YUCK! I know what you mean...I just had a run in with a 6 inch baby the width of my pinky finger! I thought it was a worm!
Heather