Where Have We Been and Who Is This?

Spot the Snake

 

We’ve been Installing a new computer. We were finally able to take the time to dismantle the old computer set up and install our new computer, a chore long overdue and which had been put off by tax returns, shearing and then cria season.

 

Having installed the new computer our new monitor decided that it didn’t want to work. Within 30 minutes of being up and running it was displaying nothing but vertical green and blue lines. Thankfully the manager at our local Office Max where we had purchased the monitor was very understanding and had us set up with another new monitor by the afternoon. But computer installation is never without its hiccups and later in the day we realized that our portable drive which stored all of our documents, photos and more had also decided to malfunction. I think it objected to being separated from its long lost friend our old computer. Try as we might we have not been able to access the portable drive and while many documents were backed up to other locations we still have lost a large amount of data. Oh well I guess the computer gods decided that they were going to force us to clean up our files!

 

The old computer will still be utilized, we will clear off a lot of the files we now don’t need and use the old computer for our herd records program.

 

While taking the time to install the computer I was reminded that a silent puppy is usually not a good sign. While I was busy on the computer young Blue had helped herself to the roving on my spinning wheel and I was greeted by the sight of alpaca fiber all over the floor. Blue loves anything alpaca – alpaca rugs, socks, throws and now roving are all on her list of favorite chew toys. As you can probably guess I don’t agree with Blue’s chew toy selection!

 

The Snake Dangles from the tree

For even more excitement to our day we have also had a new visitor to the farm – a very large snake! I discovered our new visitor on Wednesday morning as I walked into our workshop. He was lying by the workshop door (I am assuming the snake is a he, but quiet honestly could not tell a male snake from a female snake) when I went to get something in the morning. Initially I thought the snake was a piece of hose and then realized that he was indeed a snake. The snake did not seem disturbed at my presence and so I let him be.

 

Our snake visitor is a large snake at least 4ft in length, he appears to be either a dark blue or black color with yellow markings and has spots similar to those seen on rattlesnakes. The snake is not a rattlesnake, he doesn’t have any rattles and seems to be a peaceful fellow, he does however travel between the workshop and the house (I told Ric the snake was following me home) and also likes to climb up into the trees close to the house. You can just about see our new visitor in the pictures I have posted, I didn’t think I should be getting too close to him just in case.

 

I would like to know what type of snake he is, so if anyone has any ideas please let me know. So far he hasn’t bothered the alpacas, and I fear if he got in with the girls our three llamas would put an end to the snake. For now we will try and live alongside our new guest, although I must admit he has us looking (on the ground, over our shoulders, up in the trees…!)

 

Rosemary