Up Goes the Snake, Down Comes the Snake

Posted on by Julia

May 8, 2026

On April 25, we decided to sit out on the front porch. Bruce headed out first to set up the mosquito repellent device. As I came out he said, “Be careful and don’t step on the snake.” I stopped at the top of the steps to see where the critter was.

Curled Up in the Corner

I slipped past the snake on the side of the steps away from him.

The snake didn’t like me and started crawling up our wrought iron post.

The snake decided it didn’t like the little ledge with no where to go. With a lot of gyrations, it managed to get turned around.

I didn’t get any pictures of the snake crawling down the post.

Bruce was invested in the snake making it down safely. He was cheering the snake on and hoping it wouldn’t fall. He told me later how funny it was that he got so invested the snake. “It’s not my snake, so why did I care so much?

We had a nice sunset.

24 thoughts on “Up Goes the Snake, Down Comes the Snake”

  1. We had some water moccasins near the Gulf in Alabama. They used to say if you smelled watermelon. They thought us city slickers were crazy walking at night near the water in the dark. I think we were. We also met a few harmless ones on our steps.

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      4. Nope, Bruce was born in Connecticut and raised in Michigan. He is considered a Damn Yankee. His background makes him a Yankee, but since he married a Southerner, he became a Damn Yankee for “stealing” a Southerner.

        He moved to Mississippi when he was 16 and has enjoyed the South ever since then.

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      5. That is funny! Thanks for sharing! Reminds me of the joke about the NY anchor’s car breaking down and this big redneck approaches him asking if he can help. He shrugs and says ‘sure.’ He looks surprised. The redneck says, ‘We don’t mind helping ya get on your way. Take care, now.’

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  5. Seeing that guy could elevate one’s blood pressure. So long as they’re not poisonous, I’m ok with them. Growing up near an area in the prairie there were rattlesnakes often came and shed their skins in the window wells. Love watching them from a very safe distance but happy to give them a wide berth.

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    1. We have several different varieties of snakes around. I haven’t seen a rattlesnake or water moccasin here.

      In Golden, CO, we were hiking on South Table Mesa, when Bruce almost stepped on a small rattlesnake on the trail. He saw it just in time and hoped over it. The rattlesnake feinted a strike. I did a wide berth behind the rattlesnake, watching carefully to make sure there wasn’t another one. I made Bruce show me his leg. From my position, it looked like the rattlesnake got him. I was terrified he was bitten, but he was laughing at me. Fortunately, he didn’t get bitten. I had heard a rattlesnake bite can be painless at first because their fangs are so sharp. I don’t know if that is true.

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      1. They’re ver prevalent the foothills. Most of the time they eat to avoid people. It’s the big ones that frighten me the most. I saw or in the road near my dad’s house and watched it from the car. He was just sunning himself and looked happy as a clam at high tide. Luckily that road isn’t too frequented otherwise he’d have likely been run over.

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      2. Almost stepping on one counts as a people bothering the snake. 😆I can laugh about it now, but I was terrified he had been bitten for bothering the snake.

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I am a retired software solutions architect. I have been married to my husband, Bruce, for over forty years. We went full-time RVing for 3.5 years and saw much of the United States. We bought a ranch house on a hill in the middle of five acres. We are working on creating our homestead. I love cooking and enjoy sharing recipes. I am also an artist and I’ll share my current projects. Reading is my favorite hobby.