To get out of the way of the car. Pictures by Gretchen Quarterman, 29 August 2009, Lowndes County, Georgia. Click through to the big picture to count the 9 rattles on this timber rattler.
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Picture by Gretchen.
Picture by Gretchen.
In memory of that old privateer, Commodore Essex Hopkins (1718 – 1802),
first ranking officer of the U.S. Navy, and my great-great-great-great-great-grandfather, here’s a picture of the Commodore’s flag: DONT TREAD ON ME.
Fred accidentally ran over a timber rattlesnake. It was still crawling. Maybe it’s OK.