I stepped outside, like I do every morning just after daybreak, and before I took my last step off the patio, something made me look down.....there, coiled and less than 18" from my feet was a nasty-azz copperhead.

I woulda snapped a pic, but after I finished him off with a sharp hoe, it wasn't much left.

Snakes are really on the move, right now, so watch your step.