Is that Bruno on the left of the second photo?
I sort of imagined she would look different... but she has such deep and calm brown eyes...
and where is her bike?
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Is that Bruno on the left of the second photo?
I sort of imagined she would look different... but she has such deep and calm brown eyes...
and where is her bike?
ROFL:D :D :DQuote:
Originally Posted by margo49
Very funny...I'm plotting revenge as I write.
(To avoid confusion - this refers to the picture of the highland cattle I posted earlier and is Margo's idea of a joke. Lots of pictures on TD just now)
The timeline is a tad off because, well, I needed to sleep. I hada lovely nap (no photos of that).
Our day so far consisted of me meetting Kit (She is so dang sweet, funny, and pretty!), beginning the Yule Log and getting a start on christmas cookies with X while Kit and DH discusssed computers and then Kit decided X and I needed supervision. ;)
After baking several batches of cookies, the two young ones decided O should nap while they went for Sushi and headed towards Yellow Springs to hit the bike trail. Kit borrowed my oldest son's bike. I miss those two ladies, but I am glad they went out for fun, and, as Imentioned, I needed a nap.
Cookies (the Yule Log is cooling in the white towel
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More Cookies]
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X and Kit and the prepare to head out for lunch and Biking
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Bruno-Nice to see you again and I love the photos! :)
Nanci-Krusty is beautiful! Have you found out whether or not it will cost a fortune to care for him? Any news on the adoption?
Trek-it sounds as though you and Knot are having a splendid time and meeting so many Ters!! Pics, we want pics. :D Hey cleaning or not, you and Knot are always welcome here. :) I am happy Trek, very happy. I needed this Christmas gift. :D :D Kit has beautiful eyes. After I took her picture upon arrival I told her to take the shades off so I could se her lovely eyes. :) Um, you do not want to leave X in charge. ;)
Enjoy the beach!!
KG-I cannot speak for Kit and X, but I am having a great time. :D How was Charlotte's Web?
MP=Buckeyes are a wonderful treat. Not needed with al the chocolate X brought and the cookies, but I could not let them leave without experiencing a Buckeye or two. The weather is overcast, but very warm, so those two hit the trails.
Lisa-it is cool. It proves we need a TD get together!
Mimi-This is a Christmas gift for me. :) It is perfect! Of course there was Biscotti left, I had every intention upon sharing you biscotti with them.
Okay, I need to get moving and have some coffee before those two get back here. It is so quiet without them. :(
How much can an antibiotic shot cost??? You know vets, though. Unfortunately, he's gotta go as soon as I have money, like Friday. The prospective adopters would get him the middle of January.
Nanci
Nanci,
I hope this is one the the inexpense antibiotic shots.
Note to self: Do not try to cheat and make "doctored" Pilsbury sugar cookies. The results are not pretty.
uh, Snap, how did you doctor them? Valium?Quote:
Originally Posted by snapdragen
Jennifer,
It's so great that you guys are all there together!! I can't get over how great the pictures are- thank you for posting them all- what wonderful group of gorgeous and happy women!!
Nanci, perhaps if you explain the circumstances to the vet they might be willing to keep charges low for this tortoise, it being wild and this being a kindhearted rescue.
And also I do hope that whoever adopts it will be true to the goal of returning it to the wild in the Spring. They should bring it back to the same general area it was found but to a safer woodland spot of course, to be released again. I don't know about your area but here in NY state box turtles which used to be common are now rare. Partly due to habitat reduction but also due to people finding them and then keeping them as pets because they are so appealing. Those pets are then no longer breeders in the wild.
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articl...v5/ai_15388171
Here is a cool article I came across about a particular box turtle:
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A Visitor from the Past
by Tom Tyning
I was on comfortable and soothing ground the other day. The woods were familiar as was the trail, mostly worn because I had tread on it for over twenty years. I have searched this area for plants and animals, collecting information, photographing butterflies and wildflowers and mostly using it as a great refuge from day to day life. Like most people I have my own special getaway where I am as comfortable as I am anywhere, including home.
So it was to my utter pleasure that I encountered one of my oldest acquaintances at this site very recently. I was walking along, not particularly focusing on any one thing. A few birds vocalized only rarely. A turkey vulture swooped low over the treetops. The first of the woodland asters had opened their flowers. But for the most part it appeared to be just another quiet walk in the woods. Then I looked down at my feet.
After my eyes focused I still could not quite tell if this was an apparition or had I finally discovered one of the great patriarchs of North America - an adult box turtle. Here, on the bed of oak leaves and lowbush blueberry, in the dappled afternoon light, a box turtle fits into its environment like most other species. The caramel-colored shell, alternately dotted and then streaked with cream spots and swirls, makes for one of the better camouflaged animals we have. I am always impressed when I find one crossing a highway. Here, in my own"backyard" and under more natural conditions, I was ecstatic. My excitement was to be enhanced, however, when something about this animal seemed familiar.
Drawing of an Eastern Box Turtle
I kneeled down to take a closer look. The dark head held two glowing, coral-red eyes, indicating that this was most likely a male. Female box turtles tend to have brown eyes. Its high domed shell, a characteristic of the eastern box turtle, was pitted and ragged along the edges. This is typical of old turtles and none in this country grow older than a box turtle. Accurate estimates of up to 125 years or even more have been made on New England box turtles. As I stretched to see more detail of the animal, which I left untouched, a tiny hole along the front, left margin of its shell struck me. This was indeed an animal I had known. Back in 1974, I was in the Forestry and Wildlife Department at the University of Massachusetts and under the tutelage of Dr. Wendell Dodge, and others. Dodge was one of the pioneers of radio telemetry and he was helpful, if not amused, when this local undergraduate announced that he wanted to put a radio on a box turtle and follow it for a couple of years. This was the turtle I had found almost twenty years ago and it was a mature adult then. The transmitter antenna was affixed to the turtle's shell by drilling two small holes on the edge of the shell. I spent a great deal of time with this fellow, following it on its short, but almost daily jaunts. I watched it feed on blueberries and mushrooms. Each night the turtle dug into the leaf litter, usually next to a fallen tree and actually created a small, dome-shaped den, called a form. Its entire activities were confined, during the time I followed this animal, to a small area - perhaps an acre or less. But after the study was over and the transmitter removed, I could not for the life of me find that animal again, no matter how hard I looked or how familiar I was with his habits. I had even followed him to where he dug three inches into the soil and spent the winter. Over the past many years I have checked and re-checked that exact spot as well as most other locations where he spent his time - but to no avail. I was sure that my old friend had passed on, one of the last of a declining species in Massachusetts. That is, until the other day, when at least one of us was extremely pleased with the reunion. It's hard to determine what a turtle thinks. After two decades, this box turtle was sitting within fifty feet of where I first found him. He probably thought I had not seemed to have gone very far either.
Survived the birthday party - I still suck at bowling. I had the lowest score both times - I said it was golf-style bowling so lowest scores wins. :rolleyes: Charlotte's Web was good - very funny, I slept thru part of it as I seem to do these days, but woke up to shed a few tears when the poor girl died. :( :o
Glad you ladies are having a good day.
Nanci - those are beautiful shots of the turtle (tortoise?). I've never looked at one close up before.
Trek - we saw the sun here today too, and I said the same thing...
*snort* That probably would have been better....Quote:
Originally Posted by mimitabby
I took the cookie dough logs, and rolled them in colored sprinkles. Then sliced 'em up. I've never used these logs things before, and didn't know how much they spread. I had cookie pans with giant melted together cookies on them. :rolleyes:
I think I have redeemed myself with Lemon Biscotti - made from scratch.
snap - please tell me you didn't use up all those cinnamon chips on those cookies...
well Kit and I went out riding in Yellow Springs on a paved trail. She dropped me like a bad habit... I loved it. Of course, she's still a PITA. :D
BMo3 and hubby showed us even more hospitality by ordering in Chinese food. Thanks J & S.
I think someone better check on BMO3-
Great turtle story!!
Nanci
Heavens no! Those are going to be used in Cinnamon Buttons.Quote:
Originally Posted by Xrayted
Snap- I've doctored cookies once...
X- Always the PITA, never the... uh. ... the um... ...
FTR, what happened was the family of la Chateau de BMo3 used their FF miles so suddenly Thursday morning, I'm asked "Can you come out here?" I say ..."someday...." X says "This weekend?"
..buth... buh? This weekend?!"
So yup, this weekend, courtesy of BMo3's fantastic family and FF miles, and X for giving me a ride from the airport and an incredible email detailing all the reasons why I so needed to come out this weekend. :D
I dropped X so hard. :D It was fantastic.
:D
Having a good day. D
"No shades required"