My mom rescued a dessert-plate-sized painter's turtle from the midpoint of a busy paved road this morning, and knowing our kids' adoration of any creature that moves (and many that don't, such as the egg-filled-belly and maggot-filled-head of the snapping turtle near Dad's firepit), she sent it home for a temporary viewing, before allowing tenancy in their pond. Having researched how much these turtles love sunbathing on wood her next project on the "Honey Do" list is relocation of old logs to pond edge.
Housed in a large Canada Post bin, with chewy new grass, a few small stones, and an inch of water, this brightly coloured terrapin (yes, a new entry into my vocabulary!) visited Gavin's class and many of our toddler-sized friends' homes. When asked his name I jokingly offered "Trapped" though even some of the adults looked momentarily confused before groaning. [Please let me clarify, for Trapped's agent, that the image above is not the turtle in question - and that hopefully none were harmed in the taking of the said photo.]
Catch-and-release occured later in the afternoon: rapid crawling from waterside to rock and then a speedy plunge into watery shallows and our little friend disappeared into murky-ness.
I understand that us "countryfolk" discuss animals quite frequently...perhaps the antics of "Dumb" and "Dumber" - cockatiels belonging to a Holsteinian - will be discussed one of these days. ("How can you tell which one is Dumb and which one is Dumber?" asked someone of the owner, as they peered at a wallet photo. "Well," she responded frankly with an almost-cackle, "The one we have still has got to be Dumb since the other one died!")
The only other "creature report" for today involves our cat, Addy, interrupting, as he followed Jeff and the kids on their walk (a usual dog-like habit of his), the lawn bowlers game as he streaked across the playing area(as in ran fast not as in naked, though tehnically without a collar I guess he was just that as well).
Rescues and streaking...our lives are undoubtedly filled with great excitement!?!
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