missed it

We took one of our kids to science camp this week. While I was there, I snapped a few shots in the reptile room. Most of the snakes were napping, and some of the tanks were smudged with fingerprints. These cages are usually cleaner, but the camp had 400 visitors last week, and I was taking photos early on Monday.

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This Corn Snake snake was not sleeping, but it looked like an escape artist, probing the top of the tank, sniffing around for a way out. Have you ever had a pet like that?

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This snake's flickering tongue would have been nice to include in a pic, and I tried over and over again, but missed the forked tongue. ...Probably because I was not using a flash. There were no workers in that room with me, and I did not know whether using a flash would bother the reptiles. It would also have been a hassle, as the light bounced off the glass tanks. I still want to nab a photo of that tongue!!

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I like this snake's coloring. It reminded me of something, but I could not figure it out until this morning. Someone put treats out next to the coffee, inviting us to help ourselves to cinnamon candies. That's it... cinnamon! If I had one of these snakes as a pet, that's probably what I'd like to name it.

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You know what else I missed? You. I have not been blogging as much as I like to this past week. I am sorry for neglecting you. I missed a couple days of work, and still need to dig out from this mountain of to-do's. Break times and lunches only allow me to do a little bit at a time. Say, do you know anybody who would be willing to pay me to visit blogs all day? ;-)