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Saturday, September 19, 2009

Wayfaring Stranger



This little guy was discovered last Monday crawling across our neighbor's front yard. Let me tell you, nothing this exciting has ever happened in our cul-de-sac before. From the urgency of the knock of Jane's neighbor friend on our front door to alert us to the turtle's arrival, I was sure I'd be opening the door to news of a dire emergency.

He turned out to be an escapee from a pond at a house the next street over. Fortunately he came out unscathed from both his trek across the road and from the attentions of a bunch of enthralled kids.

5 comments:

Melissa said...

Too cute. I remember when a turtle ended up in our backyard, delivered via irrigation water. Is this little turtle one of the Killpacks turtles?

OhSusanna said...

your children are so freaking beautiful.

Bradpetehoops said...

Nice and cute tortoise. There are lots in my country, too. Wow! PHILIPPINES!

kaoru said...

Ookina "Kame" dane.
Kame wa 20nen kara 30nen kurai
ikiru yo.
Soshite dondon ookiku narimasu !

Shane's Angie said...

Turtles are slippery pets. As a child, I was playing in the front yard with our turtle, heard the phone ring, went to answer it (wrong number) came back and it had run away. RUN? Yes. Run away, never to be seen again...