Look what I found.

Right in my backyard!!

I picked up a stepping stone....

and there he was.

What a treat!!

He is very tiny and immediately started to curl up.


I don't know if he was curling up to strike or
to hide?? He did not move from this position
while I was taking pictures.....but when
I went to get a jar to put him in,
he got away.

Do you know what he is??
At first I thought he was a rattle snake (no rattles yet) but
now I think he is just a garter snake.

When I first moved in this house, a had a small
garter snake that lived in my little rock river.
I would see him from time to time,
it didn't bother me....but one night when it rained, he got
between the screen and and glass door.
When I opened the door it must have scared him
and he jumped right in the house.
I got him out with a pair of spaghetti thongs.
After my first year here, I did not see
that snake again.

I am going to go look for this little one again,
I think he may be under that rock in the picture.
He is so little I do not see him going very far.

If it is a garter snake I will be very happy....I could
use the company!!!!