Fun snake story... get out the carpet squares.
So last weekend I was in the front yard doing some yard work and my 10 year old is up by my smaller goldfish pond and yells out “snake!”. Before I could turn around, he had already snagged it by it’s tail and is holding it up. We are in south west Ohio in the burbs… so the snakes we do get are 99.99% chanced to be just a garter snake. I’m not a huge fan of snakes but I have snagged a few garters last year and tossed them in a terrarium for him to watch for a while before we release them. I was still shocked that he picked this one up by himself.
None the less… we release the snake back under the hostas that surround most of the pond. Fun times… but it got better. So later that day, still outside I hear a rustle in the hostas…. I called for my boy, who came running out and steps into the hosta bed to look for it. After moving a big leaf aside, he goes “Nah… it’s just the frog” and goes to pick it up…
AND this happens!
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So last weekend I was in the front yard doing some yard work and my 10 year old is up by my smaller goldfish pond and yells out “snake!”. Before I could turn around, he had already snagged it by it’s tail and is holding it up. We are in south west Ohio in the burbs… so the snakes we do get are 99.99% chanced to be just a garter snake. I’m not a huge fan of snakes but I have snagged a few garters last year and tossed them in a terrarium for him to watch for a while before we release them. I was still shocked that he picked this one up by himself.
None the less… we release the snake back under the hostas that surround most of the pond. Fun times… but it got better. So later that day, still outside I hear a rustle in the hostas…. I called for my boy, who came running out and steps into the hosta bed to look for it. After moving a big leaf aside, he goes “Nah… it’s just the frog” and goes to pick it up…
AND this happens!
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