spitting cobra

Had our first real scary snake at the house. There was a decent sized spitting cobra sleeping in the rocks right next to the house. John called me over to see. I am still trying to decide if I really want to know when the snakes are there! He tried to kill it with rocks, but it was too quick. It hooded out and went up the house wall a bit before scurrying off and going under the container. Brian was gone,(he was rather disappointed that he wasn’t here to kill it) so as soon as he got home he took the tractor and brush hog out and did a bunch of cutting around the back. The snakes like the tall grass, and we had a little too much in the back. Plus, since it hadn’t rained for a few days he was out enjoying the sun. Talking to Nathan about it later (he was at the house when the snake was there), I was like, we have NO WORKING VEHICLES here today! Not good! The school’s truck was going in to get maintenance done, which meant Brian had to go get Henry in our vehicle. There is a bus there I suppose someone would have had to figure out how to drive, other wise the gator or the tractor... Unfortunately it is going to happen again this Friday. That is something we will have to watch and plan our trips better. Obviously we don’t anticipate any accidents or bits or injuries, but what if there was? We need to remember to have at least one vehicle here for emergencies,