stuff i found on the road today....

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

On my very enjoyable 24 mile ride today, I found two interesting things on the road.

First, on a country road, I saw the glint of coins on the road....at least a few quarters, so I stopped to pick them up. (DH thought I was a bit daffy but oh well)
about a dollar's worth of change, but among the coins was this Israeli coin:
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Then, later in the ride, I saw a tiny tan round thing right in the middle of the rural two lane highway. It looked like the top of a milk jug or something. After riding past it, I realized it must have been a tiny baby painted turtle, upside down in the road, and it hadn't seemed squashed. So I slammed on my brakes and went back... and sure enough, here was the little fellow, no more than 1 1/2" around, just lying upside down right in the road where he seemed resigned to the idea of getting squashed....


I quickly just tossed him in my saddlebag and continued riding, catching back up to my husband. DH actually never even knew I had stopped, and when we got home I told him I had a surprise to show him and pulled Tiny out of my saddlebag. He was surprised all right.

I made "Tiny" a little paradise resort tank with water, gravel, and rocks to sun on, and I plan to fatten him up good on worms and bugs and then let him go in a big turtle pond near here when autumn comes. That pond has about a billion painted turtles in it. Usually I just put the 'road turtles' on the side of the road to let them get on their way, but this one is too cute not to keep for just a little while.
Having him next to my desk here reminds me of when I was a little girl and always had pet turtles. I know he belongs back in the wild, but no harm in him having a brief 'vacation'.

Not sure of the significance of finding this coin and the little turtle both today. What does it mean?

[bmccasland]

Hope Tiny recovers from his/her? misadventures. Mealy worms, yum!

[mimitabby]

wow what great finds! he looks healthy too!

[Blueberry]

Awwww....He's adorable!!!

I agree - no harm in enjoying him for a little while

CA

[NoNo]

Oh, how cute! You girls find turtles, dogs, all kinds of lovable things while you're riding. Why don't I have the same luck?

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Oh, how cute! You girls find turtles, dogs, all kinds of lovable things while you're riding. Why don't I have the same luck?

One of the benefits of being a pokey 10mph cyclist maybe?......

[mimitabby]

I "found" a feral kitten the other day; but he didn't stick around long enough for me to pick him up

[7rider]

One of the benefits of being a pokey 10mph cyclist maybe?......

I dunno. DH has a habit of finding cell phones on the road and once found (and stopped for) a pile of change that included an old Russian coin...I want to say it was a 3 or 5 kopek piece, but I'm not sure..... and he's pretty zippy.


RE: Your cute little turtle....I thought Painteds were threatened, but I see they're not. HEre's some info on the guys in your neck o' the woods: http://www.esf.edu/pubprog/brochure/turtle/turtles.htm

[Geonz]

Today I found 20 cans and a big bucket... full of chlorine tablets! A few were out on the grass... the very, very dead grass. So I used those cans as gloves and put them back and now I have chlorine tablets in my garage.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

RE: Your cute little turtle....I thought Painteds were threatened, but I see they're not. HEre's some info on the guys in your neck o' the woods: http://www.esf.edu/pubprog/brochure/turtle/turtles.htm

Yes, snappers and painted turtles are VERY abundant in our area. A very large pond I pass on my fitness walks has a log that sticks out of the lily-padded water and in the summer the painted turtles are PILED on that log sunning, like a dozen at a time! I can only imagine how many more hundreds of painted turtles are in the water and piled on dozens of other logs around the pond shores.
I was an avid student of local plants and animals when I was very young- always collecting and studying bugs, spiders, reptiles, amphibians, plants....

"Tiny" just ate a centipede.

He also did a big poop. I'm so proud of him!

[SouthernBelle]

A turtle and an Israeli coin.

He's Jewish. He only gets kosher worms.

[Eden]

Last Monday I found my 3rd wallet that I've spied cycling since I've moved here to Seattle. 2 turned out to be stolen and tossed, one had been left on top of a car after the owner got gas.

[7rider]

He also did a big poop. I'm so proud of him!

Awwwwww.........

[Mr. Bloom]

Hmmm...all I usually find is road kill...

But at least I'm not inhaling the road kill like Lisa's been known to do!

I wish I could find that post

[Aggie_Ama]

The benefit of a big saddle bag. What a cute one Tiny is.