The path is bordered by a 1-1/2-foot tall wire mesh fence that the previous resident of the house had installed. It's been there ever since I've been in the house and I never give it much thought. I have no idea why it's there; its only function seems to be to accumulate leaves in the autumn (though there are some sorry sedums growing between the fence and the house; perhaps the fence was emplaced to keep deer away from the sedums).
In any case, I made two more trips to carry the rest of the groceries inside, but the snake didn't move, so I went to investigate. Upon closer inspection, this is what I found:
The snake had made its way through one of the small holes in the mesh fence, but its body was too big to go all the way through; it was snared.
I went to my toolbox, got my wire snips and extricated the 2-foot-long serpent, but not before it bathed my hands in foul-smelling musk. Ingrate...!
(The images aren't great, but they were done quickly so that I could extricate the snake as quickly as possible.)
4 comments:
I'm glad you were able to rescue mr. stupid snake so easily. (note to self: add wire cutters to my list for the next hardware store run).
No good deed ever goes unpunished, Scott.
Packrat: I completely agree with your aphorism, but I had to think about it for a minute before I "got" it apropos this situation.
Carolyn: They'll come in handy some time, even if it's not for a snake extrication.
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