TRUE STORY: The Original Woody was a bona fide, farm-educated, self-proclaimed herpetologist. That’s a fancy name for someone who is really smart when it comes to knowing about snakes. And all things snake-like. Old Woody was a snaky kind of guy. And quite industrious too. As a matter of fact, the Original Woody once had the bright idea of raising a bounteous and self-propagating supply of his favorite snake, the King Snake, and selling them as a Cash Crop. He called the enterprise Old Woody’s Rodent Control Apparatus Supply Co. It never really had time to catch on with the neighboring farmers; mainly due to 40 fine specimens  getting loose in the house, forcing Woody’s wife Hortense to vacate the premises and move in with her sister Vesta who lived just down the road. To our recollection only 32 were re-captured and promptly set free down by the river. We aren’t quite sure when Hortense returned home. We just know she eventually did. The OPHIDIAN Series is in honor of Old Woody. (And Hortense)

Ophidian: Having the nature or character of snakes.