Today's special friends

The big point in cleaning things up is to try to gain control over the spiders, snakes, and misc critters around our immediate living area. The point was driven home by what I found in the vintage wood pile by the house:

That's a walking stick, a cricket, and a baby rattler.

Two baby rattlers, and another baby snake of unknown genus. I did what all macho men do - I hit them with a stick 'til they were dead.

This guy gets to live

I also found a baby garter snake, and - except for taking away his house - I left him alone.

After hand-bombing all the crap wood into and out of the wheelbarrow (oops, I mean Nissan truck) I also found a scorpion in the truck bed.

Plenty of stuff here that wants to ruin your day. Hopefully by cleaning up some of this crap I can keep them away from the house.