stuff i found on the road today....

[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!