We share the farmette with many living things.
My favorite encounter this year happened during the big 'ol drought we had for most of the summer. I noticed the resident rat snake (usually found keeping the hay barn mouse free, or scaring the tar out of me as I move hay bales) slithering down the wall of the chicken coop. As per usual, I snapped a couple of pictures.
While watching her, I remembered finding a few eggs suspiciously smashed, or out of place that week. Since she was bee-lining into the coop, I picked her up to re-direct.
Then - something sort of magical happened. I suddenly had a thought - really more of a picture - in my mind, that the snake was super thirsty. As she twined around my arm, I put her head over by the rim of the full rain barrel. Lo and behold, she began to drink. She drank for a full minute while I held her over the barrel. Sadly I'm not coordinated enough to water a snake and video, plus I was kind of in shock, so you'll have to take my word for it.
Here's a selection of our fellow residents -
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| This one isn't supposed to live north of southern South Carolina |
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| Polyphemus Moth - anyone else read Girl of the Limberlost? |
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| Seven's extra toes came in handy here |
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| RIP |
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| This is the thirsty one |
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♬♪♫ On the Third Day of Christmas... ♬♪♫
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| Sittin' chilly |
