I got the mowing done, but I accidentally ran over a snake! My brain said...”Wait! Is that a SNA...?” ‘Whump!’ Too late. And then all the rest of the mow, EVERYTHING looked like a snake, LOL!
I pinged him in the head so it was over quickly. Then I scooped him up with a shovel and put him in the ditch so the dogs and/or cats won’t drag it back to the porch.
Ten to one it’s there come morning!
It was either a Milk Snake or a Fox Snake. Not a common Garter Snake. It was an adult. I feel so bad! (And I really do NOT like snakes, but they eat bugs, so it’s cool.)
I got an Eastern Rat Snake once ... in the middle so not over quickly. I saw it on the next pass & put it out of its misery.
What really kills me is running over a box turtle. Most of the time, the mower passes over, but when it doesn’t & they spit out of the grass chute, it ruins my day.
Did more tree trimming & hauling today despite horrible gnats. There was a breeze now & again, but not enough to keep them away. T-storm nearby, not sure if we’ll get anything. Tomorrow should be cooler & windier so hopefully less/no gnats. Tomorrow is mowing day - brother arrives mid-afternoon Thursday so I want the place toook nice, first time he’ll see it. I told him I’d have dinner, but he said he planned on taking me out to dinner for my birthday (which was almost a month ago) - what a nice surprise!
We had a few milk snakes around years ago when we had goats. They are brightly colored. The Bonnie truck made it to Lowell today. No shishitos and they are always on the first shipment so I just ordered from Bonnie. At least I know I will have some.
I hate snakes. All snakes. All of them.
In August I had the “pleasure” of watching a black rat snake catch a chipmunk, squeeze it till it died, and then swallow it whole bit by bit. It was a process, but was near enough to my car as we were loading it up for a trip. Took about 30 minutes from start to finish.
Gross.