i met my first eastern box!!

[ColleenT]

I was riding my horse in the state park with a friend, and ironically, we were discussing that there had been a recent sighting of a box turtle in the park and someone had put a pic on the state park webpage. My friend says, "hey, there's a turtle" and sure enough, there was this beautiful male with red and black markings on the face and front legs. i got off my horse and picked him up, for sure he had a black concave plastron. he was pretty large. I got this pic, but he refused to come out of his shell, so i placed him in the exact position i found him and we left. He was gorgeous. I have grown up in the country of northeast Pa my entire life and had never seen one in the wild. i am so happy i finally did! darn i am having issues with photobucket.

 

[TortoiseWarrior]

Cool story. That tort looked gorgeous.

 

[Rue]

Nice tortoise!

I hope I can find time to just sit on my horse this weekend...

 

[ColleenT]

i wish he had been brave enough to come out, bc he sure was pretty!! I got to see him before he closed himself up.

Here is a pic of me taking a pic of Mr turtle.

 

[MPRC]

Yay! I swear I started seeing turtles all over once I started keeping them. Its like when you get a new model of car and realize how many are out there because you start seeing them everywhere.

 

[Rue]

My recent experience was Fairy Gardens. I had never heard of them until 2 weeks ago. Now I swear every person I meet is bringing up the topic of Fairy Gardens...

 

[ColleenT]

what is a fairy garden? You mean the ones where people decorate them very tiny?

 

[Rue]

Yes. Miniature or small growing plants together with miniature 'furniture'. You can buy kits...all kinds of things. Who knew?

Meanwhile, I'm planning my Tortoise Garden. It's like have my own garden gnome - just cuter!

 

[ColleenT]

yes i'm having fun planting my own Turtle garden, even tho they wreck the plants..