It was too hot to sleep indoors last night and too many mosquitoes to sleep outdoors! Not much sleep.....
Yesterday we went and got some drinking water and when we arrived found 3 large birds of prey circling around in the sky above the spring. I thought at first they were buzzards but the wings were not quite right... having looked them up I think they might have been Booted Eagles... but not 100% certain and of course I didn't have my camera with me.
So this afternoon I was just about starting to feel alive again, after some restless sleep, when what should come down the stairs but a snake! It was quite a big one - well very long anyway and moving quite quickly. Needless to say Mohamed's mother was all for killing it. I don't think it was a venemous snake but I didn't really want to take any risks of it getting loose in the house - so I opted to contain and remove it. I managed to cover it with a plastic tub and slide something underneath and get it out of the house.... sorry although I thought of it + I didn't stop to take a photograph! I was more worried that Marmela was going to get herself into trouble with it as she wanted to investigate. It certainly wasn't very happy and was hissing a lot but not striking.
I have tried to find out what it was online but without much success. Anyone out there know anything about snakes?
I don't know the first thing about snakes (other than that they terrify me!), but you make me feel like a wuss in comparison as I chased a mouse around the living room the other day! x
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