The Garter Snake by guest blogger and photographer Veronica Anderson

The Garter Snake 
by guest blogger and photographer Veronica Anderson


My husband found a young garter snake in the yard while he was mowing. The snake slithered out from a pile of freshly-cut grass. Being the good herper he is he quickly and gently picked it up and rushed in the house--past me--yelling for the kids to come look at the "baby." That was a sly and successful move in getting everyone's attention and a straight shot to my motherly instincts and past my objections. It turns out she (the snake) was very photogenic.