An uninvited guest

Steven and I had quite the surprise on Tuesday evening. We had just finished hosting Bible study at our house. Nearly all of our guests had left and one guy was helping Steven change the light bulb on the outside porch. As Steven lays down the top of the light fixture on the banister of the porch, our guest tells Steven that he might want to look out b/c ...there's a snake on the banister! Steven calmly steps away and sure enough, beside where he had just laid part of the light fixture was a snake coiled around the banister. The snake never seemed alarmed at our presence, he was totally focused on one thing - getting up and into my hanging fern. It was amazing to watch this guy try so hard to sliver up to the hanging plant...but thankfully he was unsuccessful. As you can see from the pictures below, he got pretty close to the fern, but his

body would eventually collapse when he fully extended himself. We're still trying to figure out what sort of snake he is, we're thinking maybe a Queen snake. Steven tried to kill the snake with a sword that he borrowed from a friend (yes, I said a sword - long story), but the thing still got away. I have to admit, I've been very causious since that night, but the only creatures I've seen since are just lizards. Fun, fun, fun!