The big torts have been put to bed, as we expect, drum roll, a biggish rainstorm tonight after which it will be officially, The Wet.
One year, sometime before 1980 when it wasn't so dry, we left Pappa Churchie out too long because we couldn't find him. He had dug himself a tunnel. We figured that wherever he was, it was ok. That mindset lasted until we got about 4 inches of rain in a couple of back to back storms. A few days later, I found him after a thorough search over and under everything in the side yard and back 40.
There he was, bind the little deck, over an arm's length deep, and buried in water and mud. I dug in after him for a ways and then just jammed my arm all the way in to get a hold on one of his back feet. I pulled him the rest of the way out of his Subway to Heaven, sodden but still alive.
Since then, we put all three of them in their little heat regulated garage well before there is any danger of either frost- don't laugh, it happens even here in sunny SoCal- or rain. Churchie weighed in at 10 pounds, exactly the weight he was after hibernation-actually it's torpor- this year. Poko Ono lost a little bit and weighed 11, and Lucky, their fair eyed son, at 10.75 and gained about two pounds.
He's a growing boy! He now weighs more than his Daddy but not quite as much as his Mamma. I think he is going to be a lot bigger when he's done growing.
The two babies, though they are three or mqaybe four years old - i forget - will stay out and running around on good days, and be sheltered on the days that would freeze a brass monkey.
The Kids, chowing down on watermelon this early summer. The brick end is a size indicator, being 3 inches wide.
You're going to like this! Look at the red and white caution crossing signs on the uprights there....
One year, sometime before 1980 when it wasn't so dry, we left Pappa Churchie out too long because we couldn't find him. He had dug himself a tunnel. We figured that wherever he was, it was ok. That mindset lasted until we got about 4 inches of rain in a couple of back to back storms. A few days later, I found him after a thorough search over and under everything in the side yard and back 40.
There he was, bind the little deck, over an arm's length deep, and buried in water and mud. I dug in after him for a ways and then just jammed my arm all the way in to get a hold on one of his back feet. I pulled him the rest of the way out of his Subway to Heaven, sodden but still alive.
Since then, we put all three of them in their little heat regulated garage well before there is any danger of either frost- don't laugh, it happens even here in sunny SoCal- or rain. Churchie weighed in at 10 pounds, exactly the weight he was after hibernation-actually it's torpor- this year. Poko Ono lost a little bit and weighed 11, and Lucky, their fair eyed son, at 10.75 and gained about two pounds.
He's a growing boy! He now weighs more than his Daddy but not quite as much as his Mamma. I think he is going to be a lot bigger when he's done growing.
The two babies, though they are three or mqaybe four years old - i forget - will stay out and running around on good days, and be sheltered on the days that would freeze a brass monkey.
The Kids, chowing down on watermelon this early summer. The brick end is a size indicator, being 3 inches wide.
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| Milagro, the whopper, on the left, Dusty on the right. |
You're going to like this! Look at the red and white caution crossing signs on the uprights there....
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