[stonyloam]

Hi guys: I thought I would update what is going on as this weird spring evolves. The cold, snow, clouds and nor’easter shut things down for about 5 days. Things started picking up the last two days. My buddy came out along with MS#1 (I numbered them in order of appearance). It is interesting that potential enemies seem to get along OK, must be because they are similar in size. Today there was only one garter out, a small brown one. Very shy, but I wanted to see how he would react to me, so I caught him. He was pretty frantic at first, and I was afraid that he might hurt himself, but after a minute or so he calmed down and sat quietly in my hand. He was happy to be let go, but did not panic. I can see why they can make such good pets, and they do seem to have individual personalities. MSs #1 & #3 came out and soaked up a little heat under the lamp, and late this PM my buddy showed up to join them. I am looking forward to seeing what happens as the weather warms up in the next few days. I did get a pretty good head shot of MS#1.