It has been an exciting couple days in the Creason back yard! I came home yesterday afternoon that Cassie had found a four foot snake that looked pretty vicious (I wasn’t home and the experience was quite unnerving for Court). Well, today, I came home, and Cassie found her friend again. I agree, it didn’t look too friendly, however, I’m certain it’s a nonvenemous snake…albeit pretty sizeable (5′4″). In order to hopefully help give us some peace of mind about being in our back yard, I dispatched the snake in the quickest way possible (although now nearly 3 hours later it’s still squirming and Cassie is still barking at it…from the kitchen). I dropped the axe on it once and it was all over. If it were small like last year’s snake, I probably wouldn’t have killed it, just relocated it. But this one was too big, too close to the house, too aggressive, and crossed our paths twice within 24 hours. It had to go.