Disclaimer: A non-running related post.
This isn't a running blog or anything, right? I did get lots of walking in on Sunday afternoon...
I hope y'all had a wonderful Easter! I had a wonderful weekend filled with family gatherings.
Here is what I wanted to share:
Sunday after church and a delicious lunch with my mom, brother, and sister-in-law, my mom and I went to the local Botanical Gardens to see the tulips, my favorite flower. We go every year around this time. Well, after the hard Alabama winter (all you Utah folks keep your comments to yourself...) the tulips were a bit late in blooming and most aren't ready yet. I bet they'll be beautiful next weekend. Moving on....
So Mom and I were a bit frustrated about the tulip situation and were walking around this large water feature/pond thing they have when Mom spotted a SNAKE in the water! We stopped and took pictures of it, etc. I thought it was cool! We pointed it out to a little boy who thought it was neat and got excited about it and got loud. Therefore lots of other people knew too. Someone "reported it to the authorities" so they sent some 16-year old volunteer kid down to the pond to "handle the situation." He and a young girl worked on trying to get the snake out of the water for at least 30 minutes. Mom and I sat on a bench and watched and laughed hysterically at the situation... he was tricky to catch! They finally caught him with a net and were trying to walk him to the woods to release him when he got out again. So they pinned him down with the net and the boy grabbed him. He was NOT a happy snake...
Snake in the water:
Snake out of the water. He looks friendly:
Oh, and a pretty flower picture just for Burt:
Happy Easter!!!
Sorry for hijacking the running blog. I just wanted to share my snake story. I did walk several miles around the Botanical Gardens if that counts for anything... | 