Sam the Snake!!!

      This morning when I was walking back into the house from taking a couple of pizza boxes to the recycling bin (maybe 6 steps from my front door) I noticed a little snake head poking out from behind our small red cooler watching me.  After I screamed and ran back into the house I called maintenance to come and get it and then grabbed my camera and ran back outside... I've decided I want pictures of all of our little critter visitors. I couldn't find him... so I waited inside by the front door and waited about 2 minutes for maintenance to come.  I watched the man look around the area and move the cooler around and then out ran the little snake. I realized this snake was not harmful when the man reached down and picked him up with his bare hands and held onto him for a little while as if they were buds.  So I went outside and asked to take a picture.  This was just a little garden snake and they were actually pretty happy to see him.  So I named him Sam and told them they could just let him go in the backyard.  Our maintenance guys are pretty great!!!