Sharing Our Grounds

The poor scared little black snake above is one of two I moved this morning from alongside the church building to deep within the woods on our property. They kept biting the leather glove when I was trying to catch them. But these guys are easy to like. When we first bought the land, rattlesnakes were common enough among the palmettos on our property. I have killed eight rattlers at King of Peace over the past nine years. But by killing rattlesnakes and moving non-poisonous ones back into the woods, we find that we don't have a poisonous snake problem anymore.

I know the idea of snakes on our property is not comforting to some and I certainly can't allow them alongside or in our building or playground, but I am glad to share the grounds with these guys instead of the canebrake and pigmy rattlers that conveyed with the property when we bought it.

peace,
Frank+
The Rev. Frank Logue, Snake Wrangler