Serpentine Spring

I saw Western garter snakes in the park yesterday. There were four or five of them about a foot and a half in length sliding along the forest floor and gliding down the middle of fern fronds. They wiggled about in an area a couple of yards square, almost touching the toes of my shoes at the edge of the trail several times. Did I smell like a bug? There was the black one and then black ones with orange stripes, or yellow stripes or turquoise stripes. The Easter Bunny must have been out in the woods dipping snakes.
Periodically, along the river walk in the dog no-leash area there werestone steps built down to the river's edge for the dogs. People would play fetch with the dogs and the dogs would jump in the river for short dips - canine Roman baths.
Cindy-4-11-2005

Comments
Oh, how wonderful! I had forgotten about them sliding down the middle of ferns! What a lush picture.
Posted by: Calamity Jane at April 13, 2006 02:29 AM
I picture your Easter Bunny carefully preparing the deep and wide container of paint: mostly clear oil with only a single strip of paint all the way across. The snake would have to go straight down through the center, and slowly enough so the strip would be able to move toward the center as the snake went deeper.
Posted by: john at June 25, 2006 04:50 PM