Snakes Alive!

So the other day, mom and I were in the garden and suddenly we spotted at least seven snakes poking their little heads out of the railroad ties that border our garden. Mom freaked out! It was so funny! OOH! And while we're on the subject of snakes, once I was face to face with a black mamba! Well,I guess it was behind glass but still. It was in a whole building full of snakes, lizards and bugs in tanks. I've even had a few pet snakes, most of them caught around my house or out at my dad's shop. this is a garden dwelling garter snake:

Well, I have an erupting model volcano to build, so (Sigh!!) Bye for now!

I Have Weird Pets!

OK, my dog Muddy just swallowed a drumstick, whole! She didn't even chew! This morning was city dog registration, Muddy freaked out! She doesn't like strangers, or needles, and especially not strangers with needles!

I believe I said in my last post that I would share some rodent pictures, so here they are!

The one in front is Nikki.(Isn't she pretty?) The one in the back is Maggie.(deceased) Nikki's favorite thing to do when I get her out of her cage, is to sit on one of my shoulders in my hair.

So on a slightly connected note, I am in the gifted program. So every year I do this thing called product fair, and this year my theme is fancy (domestocated) rats as pets. I made a movie and some posters! Usually we all give speeches in front of a audiance of parents, other family members, and teachers. We are judged on how well we present our topic of choice, but this year we are eliminating the speeches. Making it a talk to people as they go by sort-of thing!