Frida Kahlo caught two snakes

Here's the highlights from the conversation I had last week with my Maw about one of our cats, Frida Kahlo (named thusly because she's pitch black, thin and hairy, just like the artist Frida Kahlo's eyebrows):

"Frida has caught two baby snakes in the last two weeks," my Mom said like any proud-Mama would. "And Frida's so proud when she catches one. She brings it in the den to show me."

Mom described the little snakes to me, maybe rattlers, maybe just bull snakes.

"And I THINK I've figured out how the snakes are getting in the house," Maw continued.

She THINKS she has, which means she's not sure. Seems that with all the rain that North Texas has gotten over the past few weeks, the porch foundation has shifted a bit, creating a tiny gap between the sliding glass door that leads from the porch to the outside.

A gap big enough for baby snakes, apparently.

"I don't know if there are more baby snakes crawling around the house or not, WITH their Mama," she said. "I'll keep you posted."

And so, that's how things are out at the house right now. Two baby snakes caught by Frida. Countless more possibly in the house.

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