While disking, I recieve a message from “Honey Bunches”. Seems she and my mom can no longer stand the hay field my yard has become (see dang old tractors). Mom has brought an extra push mower and the duo proceed to weed whack the yard back into shape.
I return (with another broken tractor) to a freshly mowed and as close to a professionally manicured lawn as they could muster. I thank my mom, load her mower back in the truck, and she heads off to do more good deeds elsewhere. Honey heads to the kitchen to start supper (Mmm Ribs!) and I head for the garden to get some veggies. Since it was warm and the house windows were open, I left the inside door open and the storm door slightly ajar.
As I am returning with green onions in one hand and a hoe in the other, through the window I hear a very agitated but surprisingly calm bit of info from my wifey. “There’s a snake trying to get in the door!” In my mind I picture a garter snake halfway under the door and myself quickly dispatching the intruder with my trusty hoe.
As I round the corner of the house, I am surprised to find a 6 foot black snake 3 fourths of the way up the crack in the door, using the handle for extra leverage! I flung the door open and the snake droops over the fancy $50 door handle designed for human use. With a slip and a slither he hits the ground and dissappears under some bushes. I have learned a few things from this adventure;
- When used properly doors separate the great outdoors from indoors
- Don’t let your yard get overgrown
- Snakes like BBQ pork ribs
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