The rattlesnake story

While in South Carolina a couple of weeks ago, looky what parked itself under an ottoman on Charleen's porch?
And Charleen wanted to find out "what kind of rattlesnake it is." Hey! It's the kind that will MESS YOU UP.
So I was standing way over to the left in this picture, lifting the ottoman flap with an oar so Charleen could get this picture. Contrary to the story, I was NOT poking at it with the oar!