I have a friend that has lived in my front yard bushes for years. He is very elusive and comes out only at night. He is a beautiful orange and yellow corn snake, 3 feet long with amazing markings. He seems to only come out when I am around. Mike has seen him once about a week ago after I pointed the snake out to him. He had climbed on the pillar of our front porch and was perched about eye level. You can get very close to him, even stroke his sleek orange skin and he will not slip away. Hannah has also seen him once, we were walking our dog just before bed time and I see something odd wrapped around the trunk of our sago palm tree. As I got closer, there he was my beautiful corn snake, nestled in the old frawn stems of the palm trunk. He let me touch his skin, which was smooth and cool to the touch just before he slithered deeper into the bushes of the front yard.

I love having him there, he protects our home from vermin and those nasty palmetto bugs and the like. He is never a bother, only coming out when he wants to be seen. He is not aggressive at all and adds a little color to the yard if I might say so. I hope I get to see my friend for years to come in that front yard bed. What an amazing little creature, we are all beautiful in so many different ways.