lest you think things are boring around here, and even though i’ve been only able to do small things, like napping and eating, and i don’t get any better and it’s making me crazy…
things aren’t boring.
this afternoon i was coming home and rounded the bend close to home…and there was a turtle in the road! it was near the edge of the road, a perfect place to get smashed.
i screeched to a halt up the way and hurried back to the turtle. he was pretty good-sized and i bent down to pick him up…and he SNAPPED and HISSED and LUNGED at me!
a mean snapper. i tried a couple more times, and more SNAPPING HISSING AND LUNGING. hmm. he then proceeded to turn around in a circle, whichever direction i went. at least i knew i could outrun him if i had to.
i called kevin, who said “i’ll be right there,” because kevin is ALWAYS TO THE RESCUE!
while i waited, i took a picture of Mr. Snapper.
i waited in the road, to protect him, hoping that nobody was going to come careening around the bend and not see us – people do that a lot around here. i was also talking on the phone to amy, who said GET OFF THE PHONE AND PAY ATTENTION SO YOU DON’T GET HIT!
this seemed just a tad paranoid, but so then mr. s and i waited patiently for kevin, who showed up with his welder’s gloves. he scooped the turtle up and carried him into the field…
…and then set him in a little stream not far from the lake. yay! turtle rescue accomplished!
and now i will go back to quietly sitting, and then i will nap.
ok then,
mrs. hughes, wife of the turtle savior.