Turtle Day
Sunday, 27 May 2007
My biggest excitement today was finding this critter trying to check out the garage. S/he had already crawled up a 4-inch “cliff” to reach the door sill, quite a feat for having a carapace approximately the diameter of a basketball! Dad coaxed her/him (well, prodded her/him with a stick) into a small plastic garbage can and I carried her/him across the road to the neighbors, since we figured s/he was headed for their ponds.
Later, Dad saved a painted turtle that was crusing down the center line of the road. Not a smart move on the turkel’s part!