An even better picture of the snake! I know some of you are thinking I am crazy but I don't want to hurt the snake and at the same time I don't want the snake to get the baby birds that are chirping in the nest by the back door.

Ratsnake!

This very snake was draped over our back door when we got home from the Ordination last night. I opened the door to go in and something thwacked me on the head as I went through the door. I jumped and looked up and there was a prize ratsnake specimen enroute to the phoebe nest over the back door light fixture. His last foot and a half was hanging down and that is what I had hit with my head! With the help of my walking stick I helped the snake back down to the deck and then looked it over trying to decide what kind it was. Underside is a creamy white. Pretty long. I am fairly certain it is a ratsnake. They are a threatened species in Vermont and I have reported my sighting. These pictures I took tonight when the snake returned for another try at the nest.

California Camp Maranatha

Such a joy to be on hand for the birth of Miles Bradley Paulson Tate. He definitely looks like one of Josh and Sarah's babies. Miles weighed 8 lbs 5 ozs and was 20 1/4 inches long. We are enjoying our days at Family Camp and it is an added joy seeing Rachel and Nathanael Peck. I would have posted some pictures to FB but Josh's computer is determined to make my life difficult in that regard.