The torts don't know it but today is probably the last day they will spend outside. Usually they scuffle around underneath the chest of drawers for a few days before settling down to sleep for five months. One year it was very rainy, and I had to go pull Daddy out of a deep hole he'd dug under the raised bed. He was covered with mud from head to heel, and I was pretty mucky from the mud, too. I didn't want him to drown in his sleep.
Tortoises are interesting pets. I think of birds when looking into their eyes. They seem very deeply wise in some mysterious way.
I too always think that turtles are wise!
ReplyDeleteReptiles are genetic ancestors to birds, so it's not surprising you see a bit of bird in the turtles' eyes.
ReplyDeleteI haven't sen the econ book yet, but promise to get my act together soon. :-)
Cynthia, Hi and thanks for stopping by. Torts are a lot wiser than we are, and a lot older, too. Millions of years in their resumes. :)
ReplyDeleteSarah- Hope. Don't you worry bout a thing. I'm glad to have it just whenever you get a chance... And yes, torts are in the bird line. I often wonder if they see colors, too.