Then there's the black snake who crossed the road (without a punchline) to our front steps, before being scooped up by neighbour Brian and taken to a new life on the riverside. He is now our designated 'Crocodile Dundee'.
General rule of thumb: Move away from black and green snakes and move slightly faster from brown ones. If close enough to spot the round eye over the triangle head you're in trouble.
On the vegetative front it's all enormous, creamy magnolia flowers, sky-blue hydrangeas, wild pink rhododendrums and the ongoing crazy bamboo. It's humid, warm and electrically stormy but not yet super hot.
Update:
Second, crosser snake in same spot today...
