I was surprised to head out the back door and see Red step right on and over a three or four-foot long Milk Snake, coming right out of the basement. The house was built in 1840 and there is a point well and tunnel in there and I suspect this guest isn’t the only one coming out to check out the Spring. I picked him up, carried him to the stone wall where Maria deposited  his cousin, who came out of the kitchen cabinet. Then I came to my senses and ran back inside for the camera. He’s burrowing into a nice space in the wall.

These guys are harmless and they eat stuff you don’t to have around. Still, they make an impression (not on Red of course, they are not sheep.)