{"id":4134,"date":"2013-08-02T11:38:49","date_gmt":"2013-08-02T16:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/?p=4134"},"modified":"2013-08-02T11:38:49","modified_gmt":"2013-08-02T16:38:49","slug":"snakes-and-stones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/snakes-and-stones\/","title":{"rendered":"Snakes and stones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"border: none; margin: 0px 0px 4px 4px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/gallery\/Nature\/Animals\/2013-08-02_11-29-56\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none; margin: 0px 0px 4px 4px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/gallery\/var\/resizes\/Nature\/Animals\/2013-08-02_11-29-56.jpg?m=1375458737\" alt=\"rocks\" title=\"rocks\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/span><span style=\"border: none; margin: 0px 0px 4px 4px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/gallery\/Nature\/Animals\/2013-08-02_11-30-29\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none; margin: 0px 0px 4px 4px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/gallery\/var\/resizes\/Nature\/Animals\/2013-08-02_11-30-29.jpg?m=1375459185\" alt=\"rocks\" title=\"rocks\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/span><span style=\"border: none; margin: 0px 0px 4px 4px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/gallery\/Nature\/Animals\/2013-08-02_11-30-30\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none; margin: 0px 0px 4px 4px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/gallery\/var\/resizes\/Nature\/Animals\/2013-08-02_11-30-30.jpg?m=1375459540\" alt=\"snake\" title=\"snake\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I was taking out the trash when I noticed that one of the rocks next to our front steps had a spot of yellow on it. 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