A snake in the grass, or at least one on the wind chimes!

Good morning!

This is a funny thing. Well, I guess that would depend on how you look at it. A couple of weeks ago Hubby saw our cat Ollie sitting on the back of the settee in the screened porch looking out of the upper part of the screen. Ollie was chattering away, as cats often do when they see a bird. Imagine Hubby's surprise when he looked up...

...and saw this...

Mr. Slither was enjoying a rest

lounging on our wind chimes...

Though snakes are not my favorite beings,

I must confess that it was fascinating

watching him at close range.

We think that he was a Black Snake

and not poisonous,

but did not make any attempt to find out.

Bear in mind that these wind chimes 

are about two feet in height, 

and Mr. Slither was wrapped around them

three times in some spots.

Since I took these photos through the screen, 

they are not very good, 

but I think you get the idea...

After a while he got tired of us staring at him,

especially when Hubby tapped the screen,

and he slithered off.

The snake, not Hubby.

If you look closely below,

you can barely see him in the center of

the photo moving down the thin branch of

the Tardiva Hydrangea bush that is in front

of the screen. 

And he moved like lightening.

This answered our question as to how

he got up there in the first place...

By the way, at our garden wedding,

we walked down "the aisle" to 

Pachelbel's Canon in D.

We bought these wind chimes

because they play that song.

I wonder of Mr. Slither would have danced to the music.