On the way home from my soccer match this morning (we won 3-0 to cap an undefeated season,) we came across this Garter snake. This was Nicolai’s first encounter with a snake in the wild (for the record it was crossing the road and I am not sure this qualifies) and he was quite intent on studying it for a while. Total length was about 3ft and it was not agressive. He did strike this rather serious pose when I climbed down on the ground to get a close up. Nicolai was poised with a large stick to protect me should that have become necessary. Click on the photo for a closer view.