Garden and snake

Bear asked to go play outside today and who am I to say no to a 4 1/2 year old boy. I walk to the back door with him, since it likes to stick and open it. I get the door open and happen to look down. I see the tail of what I think is an earth worm. So I casually close the door to take a closer look. Yea, not an earth worm but a little, I hope, garden snake. I make sure Cooper is not in the way and close the door all the way, get my garden gloves on and contemplate how I am going to get this snake out of my house.


My first thought is just to pick it up and toss it outside. But then I think do I really want it still in my backyard, what if it actually is not a garden snake but something rather untold. Well I chickened out about picking it up anyway and went to get a "tupperware." I touched the snake and it tried really hard to get away, but I just don't think tile and snake were meant to go together. I get the container in place and the snake acatually goes inside.

I close the lid and then gather the boys into the car to drop the snake off some place where hopefully it will not come back into our yard. I know I could have killed it but I figure we are a catch and release family. So down to the little creek we go and I drop the snake out. I hope it will be ok, since it did not have any air holes in the container. If not well, I did my best.

Now I figure the snake got in through this little hole we have where the weather striping has come away. Guess what Ben will be taking care of this weekend, hopefully. Plus no judgement about the horrible state of our "door frame." No porch covering and crazy wind, plus children who open the door when there is water coming from the sky, sprinkers when windy and just small children. Unfortunatlly it is not on the home repair/update list. The list is long and that can wait a little longer.