This morning was a frustrating morning. I had to get up at 6:30 to deal with the university about something that should have been dealt with months ago...
On the way home sitting in the intersection like she owned the place was a eastern box turtle.
Well I thought, looking around at why in the heck she was there and not out back in the woods near the lake, I stopped, yelled at a driver who didn't see her and almost squashed her. picked her up, set her in my front seat and drove the 6 houses down to mine. Got out, inspected her, she has a piece of mulch jammed up in to her at an angle I didn't see as comfy so in to the sink she went , I ran a bit of warmish water and used an unused paint brush to slowly move it out from her shell.
Then we went out back and I set her down on the patio, trying to decide the best place for her.
We walked to a poorly drained area near the woods that I thought she might like, bugs, tadpoles and snails were abundant here, with lots of green stuffs too.
I let her go and off she went in to the water, she clearly new where she was.
^ she looks like she smiling
I got busy looking at the snails and young tadpoles, and lost sight of where she went...
then I saw her, lounging in the trees in a spot of sun she looked happy!
So I decided since I was feeling so connected to nature(and im not normally up that early) that I would continue out to the bigger lake to see what I could find.
Mind you this is a man made lake, and a lot of the areas where stuff is thriving is because of ppl who were out with 4-wheelers and dumb builders who can't make drainage ditches. Its all good tho, LOTS of life in that area.
I know im a bit long winded but I wanted to share what I had experience today.
This was indeed a very rewarding morning
On the way home sitting in the intersection like she owned the place was a eastern box turtle.
Well I thought, looking around at why in the heck she was there and not out back in the woods near the lake, I stopped, yelled at a driver who didn't see her and almost squashed her. picked her up, set her in my front seat and drove the 6 houses down to mine. Got out, inspected her, she has a piece of mulch jammed up in to her at an angle I didn't see as comfy so in to the sink she went , I ran a bit of warmish water and used an unused paint brush to slowly move it out from her shell.
Then we went out back and I set her down on the patio, trying to decide the best place for her.
We walked to a poorly drained area near the woods that I thought she might like, bugs, tadpoles and snails were abundant here, with lots of green stuffs too.
I let her go and off she went in to the water, she clearly new where she was.
^ she looks like she smiling
I got busy looking at the snails and young tadpoles, and lost sight of where she went...
then I saw her, lounging in the trees in a spot of sun she looked happy!
So I decided since I was feeling so connected to nature(and im not normally up that early) that I would continue out to the bigger lake to see what I could find.
Mind you this is a man made lake, and a lot of the areas where stuff is thriving is because of ppl who were out with 4-wheelers and dumb builders who can't make drainage ditches. Its all good tho, LOTS of life in that area.
I know im a bit long winded but I wanted to share what I had experience today.
This was indeed a very rewarding morning
