Hi All!
I have just returned home after 2 1/2 weeks in northern California, and boy am I sad to be home!
My brother met a Cali girl, and we went over to be at their wedding. What a beautiful place to be! Such an overwhelming countryside. Then I come home to grey skies, rain and cramped space. What a downer!

While we were away, my garter had a little adventure. She was in the care of my aunt (they have a corn), and she managed to escape for the first time and hotfoot it into the bathroom. She went under the bath, and it wasn't until my aunt had taken a screwdriver to the panel and dismatled the side, that my cheeky snake appeared inside the bath. Naughty girl!

The only downside to our trip is that I didn't see a single snake! I'm rather sad about that, especially since my husband, father and my brother's new father-in-law saw a rattlesnake out on the road. I think Dad may have gotten some film of it, so that'll be as close as I'll get.
However, I didn't want to go about turning over rocks since I have noooo experience, especially if I found something other than a garter!

Right then, I'm off to go shopping to cheer myself up.