If it isn't rattlesnakes it's turkey vultures - my neighbor was in his front yard when I got back from playing tennis and I stopped to tell him about the rattlesnake. I didn't get very far because he told me he'd just called the house because he was worried about me, and when I asked why, he said it was because there were three turkey vultures sitting on the utility pole outside my house.
I immediately thought of Sweet Pea and the rattlesnake's extended family that people keep telling me to look out for now, and after reassuring Tom that it wasn't me the TVs were waiting for to die, I drove back to the house as quickly as anyone can drive on a rutted dirt road. The Pea was right there on the back patio, peacefully asleep, but I got him in and kept him in for a couple of hours. The TVs stayed for quite a while before taking off. I didn't see them swoop down on anything, so maybe they were just hungry and settled on the pole because it's the highest perch around and gave them the greatest long distance view.
And of course I'm only joking about Pluto, ha ha. Just because Saturn sextiled natal Pluto on Saturday is no reason at all to have a rattlesnake on your back patio two days before and three turkey vultures on your utility pole the day after.
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