Yard work and snakes

Before

OK, they aren't great photos but I was trying to take some photos of the yard work before and after.  Levi went to Ty's today and I worked on the yard for about four hours.  It was hard because it has been so hot and humid but it was getting out of control again.  With Levi gone it is easier to just put my head down and 'git er done'!  It wasn't completely uneventful.  I frightened a little snake with all the noise and vibration.  I think it was a Dwyer's Snake or a Whip Snake but either way they are considered 'weakly venomous' but I was a bit disconcerted that the rest of that sentence was, "herpetologists do not include it among their list of eight snake species in the Brisbane area considered capable of inflicting potentially fatal bites."  OK, wait, eight!  In the Brisbane area!  When I went to get Levi tonight, Ty's parents and I were discussing that fact and were able to come up with six of the eight.  Now I am starting to understand why Levi is afraid of snakes at night! 



After

After dinner, Levi and I stayed.  He played with the kids and I chatted with Ty's parents.  We stayed up for a bit and played Bingo with all the kids.  Levi got to read out the numbers.  He didn't understand why I kept adding things to his numbers like "Legs Eleven".  He didn't get why we (adults) thought it was funny!  He did love the Bingo though!  He crashed when he got home because he had swum twice and for long periods.  I am going to crash too, I think!