I was sitting outside on the makeshift patio of a local eatery yesterday when one of the employees peeked around the corner and said, “Don’t freak out, but there’s a snake behind the recycling bin.”
Sure enough, I saw the little guy slithering in my direction. And while I didn’t freak out, I did move to a neutral corner in hopes that he’d pass right by.
Soon, the snake was corralled by braver souls than I and returned to a location with fewer freak-out prone humans.
The little oak snake seemed friendly enough, but I’ve got plenty of friends, thank you very much
Peace, people!
Praying for Eyebrowz 
Ha ha. I’d have leapt up shrieking xxxxxxxxxx I don’t do snakes.
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Ha! As long as they don’t surprise me, I’m ok!
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I would’ve freaked out!
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I’m glad I was warned in advance. It’s always the unexpected snake that freaks me out.
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What about expected ones?
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If I see one from far enough away, or with some warning, I’m fine. A couple of years ago I came close to stepping on a venomous snake. I still have nightmares about that close encounter!
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Wow, that’s understandable. Fortunately we don’t have really venemous snakes in France.
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I might need to move there!
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😎
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OMG! Look at that guy, did you get to hold him close enough Lessssssslie? 🤔😈
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You know, I didn’t ask to hold him! Wish I had! Snakes intrigue me. I’m never going to be their biggest fan, but I have touched one before and they’re quite pleasant feeling.
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Doesn’t seem that huge though right or is it the photograph? Stay safe, regards to Studly.
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He was little guy. And oak snakes are great rodent exterminators. As for Studly, had he been there, there’d been a great deal of freaking out. My man does not dig snakes.
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With humans around it’s a little difficult for the big guys to wander. I have heard about this whole rodent terminator thing, looks like you’ve seen something happen for real.
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Only in documentaries…
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Alrighty! You have a good day Leslie, haven’t seen you write anything about politics lately.
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Oh, politics are on my mind a lot. Thanks I’m just leaving the commentary to those more knowledgeable than I these days. My blood pressure can’t handle the stress that comes with posting political content.
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I get that, but it’s really nice what you put up. How’s it going with the book and everything around it these days? Hope all is well and you stay strong and healthy, people like you are needed to make the world go around! 💕
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Aw!! Thanks!! My sequel is still in the revisions stage. Hoping to have that finished and sent back to my editor for more slashing to be done by the end of this week. It’s probably still at least 8-10 weeks away from being published. My editor freelances and she has some worrisome health issues, so I don’t sweat deadlines or stuff like that. When it’s ready, it’s ready.
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Wish you the best with the publishing and being sold out. Who is your editor for this one though?
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Her name is Rachel Carrera. She’s edited both of my books and I trust her with this one. We argue some, but she’s usually right. She designs my covers and formatting, as well.
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Oh yes! I know that she did earlier. That’s sweet! Must say some healthy arguments lead to great results. Have a great day!
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She gets my weirdness…
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Looks like that’s a good thing Les! 😉
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I probably have driven her a little crazy.
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Maybe you are glad about that, wonder what she thinks though!
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If I’ve driven her crazy enough she likely doesn’t know…
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Leslie it must be a regular thing ever since your first book so she must be knowing and given into your craziness 🙃
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Could be!
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I don’t know what I’d do, but I know now I couldn’t kill them. My partners family are all up in the outbackish and they be killing snakes all the time, lol
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I kind of like the benign snakes, but we had a highly venomous visitor in our yard a couple of years ago—a cottonmouth. My husband didn’t hesitate in killing him.
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I just found it funny how calm they all were, lol. They were “Oh, it’s a snake” couple of swipes with the shovel, and they kept me. Meanwhile city me was all horrified lol
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Lol!
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Those wonderful words meant to calm you: “Don’t freak out, but….”
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The ‘but’ had me going…
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That is one scaly cup of nope right there!
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Ha!!!
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Any conversation that begins with “Don’t freak out, but…” is sure to inspire a major freak-out.
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