[Image description: an eastern garter snake watches me mow the lawn from a patch of long grass]
Some of our neighbors think I’m weird for using a push mower (battery powered, charged by our solar setup) on our two acre field, but mowing slowly and stopping on a dime enables us to protect the creatures with whom we share this space
[Image description: an eastern garter snake is watching the camera from a patch of long grass. It is wearing a NY Yankees baseball cap and there is a speech bubble that says “You lookin’ at me???”]