Cankles (for Austin)

Here is our new neighor/friend, Cankles. He likes the sod that we tore up to make the raised beds. He also likes the sun. I was all excited about Cankles, and took this picture to show Raph.
He started going on and on, "Garder snakes don't have teeth. They can't hurt you." he told me.
"I have no intention of touching it," I told him.
"They can bite you though, but they also poop on you."
"Raph, I'm not going to touch it."
"You know how usually you hold a snake by the head so it doesn't bite you? Well a garder snake will wrap it's body around your arm and rub stinky poop all over you."
"Raph, what part of I WILL NOT BE TOUCHING THE SNAKE do you not understand?"
"Just thought you should know."

So anyway this is our new friend Cankles. If my nephew Austin was here he would pick him up and Raph and he could talk about stinky poop.

Here is the miracle of the month. I kept my Valentine's gift from my dad, a gardenia (my favorite flower) alive long enough for it to bloom. We even brought it to Ann and Larry's house last weekend so I wouldn't miss any of the glorious fragrance.And can you tell Makili is SOAKING wet here? He sure doesn't seem to mind.