Copper Basin News
Never in my life would I have expected to see what I witnessed last week. I was born and raised in Arizona and I think maybe I have seen three or four live rattlesnakes and never two at a time. Lucky I guess. Well, this is quite a story, at least for me.
The ArtUs group, that I paint with every Thursday, began their day as usual. We meet every Thursday in Ray Hall, next to the United Methodist Church. Nothing special until after lunch. The weather was beautiful and the doors were opened up onto the back patio.
Fellow artist Gary Hill noticed an activity just across the patio, maybe 15 feet from the open door. Lo and behold there were two rattlesnakes engaged in something that was unreal at least to us. A mating dance perhaps, who knows but it was fascinating.
We all gathered to watch and at first were very apprehensive. These two were not in the least bit put off by our presence and continued to pursue their thing. We all got much braver and moved in to take pictures. And we got plenty, plus videos…and they didn’t seem to care.
After about 30 minutes they left the area and left all of shaking our heads. This display put a whole new twist on artistic creativity.
And oh, needless to say, we shut the doors.