[Red Badger]

When I was a kid way back in the 60’s, I was playing ‘Batman’ and under the above-grade house was my ‘Batcave’.

I had been under there for a while, and accidentally kicked an old stovepipe.

It felt oddly heavy since I knew what one was and how much it was supposed to weigh.

I crawled around to look into the end of it and came face to face with a COPPERHEAD!.....................

[Dust in the Wind]

Whoa!! I don't go out of my way to hunt them but I've all my life end gamed all rattlers in close proximity to my living space.
I've had weird dreams the past few nights.