A shoelace that moves

Yesterday I was doing some heavy pruning of a tree

As I cut branches off I through them on the ground below me - I was standing on a wall.

The area I was throwing the stuff is right next to our cloths line.

One other thing - I wear glasses and as it was hot they were a bit fogged / dirty.

I noticed what I thought was a large brown shoelace thing about 6-8 inches long hanging over one of the offcuts so I leaned over to have a closer look (not sure if I meant to pick it up).

But then it moved away.

I am still not sure what it was - could be a legless lizard -it was not a tail of any normal lizard I have seen around here. It could have been a very big worm - doubtful though and it could have been the tail of snake - but thought it was to thin for that.

Any way I decided that the branches looked good where they are and will leave them for the wife to pick up :). Nah I will do it tomorrow but with care.

Not being a snake expert I can't be sure if it was one - it could have been a baby one but I saw no head and have not looked very close.

The moral of the story is - it is always wise to keep a spare pair of undies around as you don't know when you will need them :).


Richard