{"id":5363,"date":"2011-08-18T00:41:12","date_gmt":"2011-08-18T04:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.baileybegood.com\/home\/?p=5363"},"modified":"2011-08-18T22:30:34","modified_gmt":"2011-08-19T02:30:34","slug":"storms-dragonflies-snakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baileybegood.com\/home\/2011\/08\/18\/storms-dragonflies-snakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Storms, Dragonflies & Snakes (& Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve had quite a bit of rain lately… and that’s brought out lots of creaturesss.
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\nFirst among them, are the dragonflies! Oh wowserz! It’s a big cycle: the mosquitos come from all the rain, and the dragonflies come from all the mosquitos! Mommy says she likes the dragonflies, ’cause they eat the mosquitos.<\/p>\n

\"Dragonflies
\nHere’s a picture from right outside our front door.
\nLook how many dragonflies there are!<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Dragonflies
\nHere’s a close-up — there must have been so many
\nmosquitos for there to be this many dragonflies!<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Dragonflies
\nThis is a picture of the sky during a recent storm.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Dragonflies
\nMommy has a fascination with clouds, and never misses
\na chance to take some photos… even when it’s raining.<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n

Now for the snake…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Many times when mommy takes Nala and me out in the backyard, we come across harmless snakes. They’re usually garter snakes, a non-venomous type of snake. They’re not that long either. Usually we see black snakes, but sometimes we see silver colored ones.<\/p>\n

Just recently, Nala noticed a snake on the deck. It’s a very unusual place to find a snake… we usually find them in the grass. <\/p>\n

When mommy noticed Nala sniffing near the snake, she called her over, and then mommy ran inside to get her camera (she’s never far from her camera). <\/p>\n

\"Dragonflies
\nHere’s the snake near MY pool.
\nI wonder if he wanted to go for a swim?!<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Dragonflies
\nHe was hanging out in the shade of my pool.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Dragonflies
\nBut he wasn’t moving away. He just stayed in one spot. <\/em><\/p>\n

\"Dragonflies
\nMommy said it looked like he had trouble sliding along the deck.<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n

So, mommy took a short video of him trying to move, and then she helped him off the deck. You should have seen him slither away once he got in the grass! Wowserz, he was fast! Maybe the deck was too hot for him to move on… I don’t know. But at least we helped him get back underneath the deck where it was cooler. <\/p>\n

Snake on the Deck Video:<\/strong> (no sound)<\/p>\n