While leaving San Antonio to head to Florida....I decided to make a little side stop in Houston to visit a dear friend we all know and love. Laura (Laooda) is SUCH a gracious hostess! She has a beautiful home with such an amazing menagerie of critters!! All of them exceptionally well cared for and very happy and healthy!

While there, I was looking through all her snake tubs. She's got some lovely little hatchlings that pipped recently and they were SO cute and feisty!

One little guy in particular.... When Laura handed him to me she warned me he was a little spit-fire.


And sure enough....while holding him in the palm of one hand...apparently I was "talking" with my other hand and it waved somewhere just a tad too close to his little face.....


Poor Laura was more traumatized by it than me...she felt so bad! But I was fine....in fact, I was kinda tickled by it because I'd finally gotten my first bite out of the way and I didn't even flinch. My biggest fear of getting bit, especially by a hatchling was that I would reflexively flinch too hard and drop or hurt the baby snake....but I didn't. I just told Laura, "Quick, go get the camera!" LOL

It really was a lovely visit and I'm SO glad we had the chance to do so. I'm bummed to have left Texas and left all my Texas friends behind for now....but I'm sure we'll be back there again someday.

Laura...thanks again, for opening your home to us! You have a beautiful family of furry, feathered and scaled critters! And Rob is a doll to have put up with all of us!