It's just a snake. It has yellow stripes. The problem, I think, is that it is fairly long and a tad bit alarming when you're not expecting it. But a snake in a greenhouse is a good thing, because they eat mice, rats, children and the elderly. Plus they tempt you into that whole take-a-bite-of-knowledge hoo-hah. I mean, greenhouse are mimicking Eden anyway. The snake is essential.
Roommate James is visiting Boston this week. When Paully and I returned from Idaho, we were amused to see that James had used all the ice cubes but not refilled the trays. He had stacked them neatly by the sink, as if unaware that one needs to fill them with water to create ice. But we can't harp at him for it because he quit smoking last week and is, shall we say, a little edgy. He's taken to lighting fires in the backyard, and for some reason has left one of his notebooks in the yard, where it has absorbed three days of rain.
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