Yosemite in Winter

I know this is a bit old, now, but I wanted to post these pictures of New Year's Eve and New Year's Day in Yosemite National Park. The snow was crazy and it was so cold on our long snow shoe hike, but it was totally worth it. Enjoy!

New Year's - Yosemite

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Brief thunder storm here.

Passed in only five minutes.

Texas is so weird.

Texas Blind Snake

Last night we found this juvenile Texas Blind Snake on our porch:



We have another shot of him next to a penny, but this one is a better photo of his whole body. These guys only grow to a maximum of about 10 inches, but I'd guess this one was more like 1.5-2. Although I wanted to keep him (and probably name him Seattle, since I like naming animals after cities), Justine took him down to the creek near our place and set him free. It's probably for the better... our cats would have destroyed this little guy, who eats insect larvae and earth worms.

According to the Austin Reptile Service, these guys are commonly found in / around homes in Austin right before it starts to get really hot... well guess what? It's getting damn hot already! To learn more about blind snakes, visit you local wiki (entry on blind snakes)!

-mike