Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Snakes are ninjas. Or possibly ghosts.

We have a fenced in (mostly) cement slab on our property. It's meant to be a basketball/volleyball court, but we don't really use it. The plan is to eventually build a barn in that space. So for now it just sits there.

I feed Yard Cat over there, so I pay attention to the space more than anyone else in the family. And we have a ninja snake. It's a snake that climbs the fence (which they do) and then vanishes into thin freaking air. I want to get a picture of it because snakes climbing fences is really neat to watch. But he's never there when I actually have my camera on me and when I do see him and run back to get my camera, he's *gone*. And I can't figure out where he's disappearing to. Snakes are fast, yes, but he's climbing *up* the fence. So I don't know where he's going along the fence. It has vines, but it's not so overgrown that I can't see through them to the fence itself. *frowns*

He's either a ninja or a phantom snake. I'm not sure which.

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    1. *puts on hat of determination*

      I will get a picture of the ninja ghost snake climbing that fence. I WILL.

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  2. hole in the ground on the other side probably.

    This is Sol by the way if I log in it goes mad...

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    1. I thought that too, but I couldn't find a hole. Which doesn't mean it isn't there, of course. But it's weird that he's always climbing to the top and vanishing - AH HA! I've got it! Sol, you're a genius!

      I bet that the top poles aren't totally connected under all the vines and he's climbing *inside* one of them! That makes *total* sense!

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  3. have you bought the box set?

    and have you read Terry Pratchett Long earth? hmm am not sure what to make of it. I think it will be another series as it ended like someone cut the book in half...

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    1. Nope. I put it on my Christmas list in the hopes that it will still be available at Christmas time and that my parents will get it for me. :)

      I haven't read that one no. The only thing that I've actually read by Pratchett is Good Omens. I have a couple of this Discworld books but they're "P's" and I'm only up to the "O's" in my book collection.

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  4. you know I would love to live in America for a few years... but then there are snakes an alligators. hmm you are really brave to watch it. could it bite you?

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    1. Not all of America has snakes and alligators. :)

      Any wild animal can bite. It's not a poisonous snake, so if I did get bitten it would just hurt, not be life threatening. However, I'm very careful to not get too close so I don't alarm the snake or risk getting bitten. If I wasn't sure that it was just a common black snake I'd leave it alone.

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