Snakey!

I found another snake!

This time, I was in the middle of teaching a program at Ashland. I was showing onion grass to the students when suddenly one girl noticed a snake slithering right around her friend's shoe! The girls screamed and backed off, but I jumped into the weeds and fished out a beautiful red-and-cream striped Eastern Milksnake! Its tummy was black-and-white checkered, and it tried to bite me several times. Needless to say, I did not allow the young students to hold it.

Below is a picture showing a Milksnake (thanks to John White, whoever you are). My snake was just as beautiful and I wish I'd thought to bring a camera!