Sunday Morning Meanderings

First of all, I have a retraction..My Best Friend is not afraid of snakes. She emailed me to that effect and I believe her because she is truthful and also pretty much fearless. I do apologize to her and think I must have transferred my own feelings to her. While I have handled quite a few snakes in my time, I still feel a little trepidation when doing so.
I remember when our youngest son was in about the fifth grade or so, he longed for a pet a bull snake. We lived in Chino Valley which was still rural and one day, just as I was driving to pick him up from school, I spotted a huge bull snake just stretched out between a cornfield and the road lying full length, parallel to the road. I stopped the car, walked confidently over to the five foot or so snake that just lay there in absolute cooperation, reached down..and just couldn't make myself pick him up!
We stayed that way for a minute or two, the snake motionless..me just as motionless with my hand hovering a few inches above his body just behind his head..finally he slithered away into the cornfield. I got in the car and continued on my way. I didn't tell my son until years later because I thought he'd be terribly disappointed in me...

Of course, I fell in love with this story of a mother duck who enlisted the aid of a policeman to save her babies that had fallen down a sewer grate She pestered him by tugging on his pant leg until enlisting his cooperation. This is a lovely story and makes you realize there's something going on in those little bird brains after all.

I know everyone's seen this photo before, but it's still cute.
Have a wonderful day............