Slim Jim Tucker's brother

Last year, Slim Jim Tucker would stretch across the entrance to the greenhouse and wait for a mouse just like his mother, Blackie, would do the year before. Today, as I was taking Cherry Cookie out for her daily walk, I noticed that one of the dogs had been playing with a belt... a skinny belt about four feet long!  And it started to move! Cherry Cookie and I just waited until the 'Belt' crawled out of the way.  He was beautiful-- like a checker board design on his back.  Cherry wanted me to keep him but then he wouldn't be catching any mice so I let him go. These are photos from a website since I didn't have my camera with me.