Snake!

Tori went out onto the deck and a snake made its way in, or rather had already come in and slithered under the TV cabinet in the kitchen. Huts saw it when he lifted the blind and tossed the kids upstairs and me too and poked it out the door with a stick. Long black garter snake with a green stripe. Gives me the shivers and thank goodness Tori did not come across it and try to pick it up. This is the first time ever that a snake has come up on the deck that we know of, and I wonder if it didn't have help from one of our four-legged furry cats. Piper is well known for finding creatures and poking at them. Ugh! Ugh! Ugh! The screen doors will no longer remain open for the cats and Tori to come in and out.