Holy Snake!

Hollan and Pearly and I went out to get the mail this afternoon and as we were walking back into the house Hollan was pointing toward the pumpkins....where I saw this guy.

I promptly started hyperventilating and called Brian who told me to call the fire department. Being the considerate online shopper that I am, I posted a note on the front door warning our UPS man about the snake. One of our neighbors was out and I called to him NOT to come in our driveway and then about 5 minutes later another neighbor showed up with a shovel.

In order to protect the heroic snake shoveler from incarceration, I will not show his face or reveal his name but let me just say, there is not a parent alive who would find this guy in their driveway and would rather him just be moved across the street rather than meet the business end of a shovel.
A bit of venom.
I still haven't decided if Snake Shoveler is really brave or really stupid.
Last night we had a terrible rain storm and the weather has cooled off considerably, which is why this guy was curled up on our porch we assume. Just yesterday the kids and I were in the driveway and Hollan was playing right by the pumpkins. We most likely would have been out there again this afternoon and I tear up each time I think that one of the kids could have been the one to find the snake. Thank goodness that things just happen to go the way they did today!!!