I tried in vain last April to find this slide to show you of County Garter Snakes in the spring, just up from some den in a deep woods southeast of Picton after winter's long sleep. Today it just showed up.
This is mating time, and as gentle as are garters at any time, they are very receptive to having their pictures taken during this time of year.
On Salt Spring Island, we found garters of many shades of colours under an old well at a B & B. Lavenders, pinks, greens, yellows - all pastel. When my daughters picked them up and let them wind around their arms, they were dismayed to discover a horrible odour afterwards.
This Girl that Bikes and likes Snakes said...
Nice pictures of the snakes!
I love snakes! There's a mysteriousness to them.
I have come across a few by the road cycling the backroads - usually they slither away but sometimes they just soak up the rays and the warm road and forget about life! (and death - by car!) July 23, 2007 8:40 PM
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Nice pictures of the snakes! I love snakes! The mysteriousness to them. I have come across a few by the road cycling the backroads - usually they slither away but sometimes they just soak up the rays and the warm road and forget about life! (and death - by car!)
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