Year of the Snake

It's now the Chinese year. I'm told snake years are exciting, but not always in a good way. Which is actually how I feel about seeing snakes in the wild generally. Unless they look like this.

By the way, if you are a snake person under the Chinese astrological calendar, it's probably going to be an exciting year in a good way. So there's that...

[Photos are better if you click on them to embiggen.]