Snapping Turtle

We found this critter about to cross the road up by the gate. The dogs thought they wanted to give the snapping turtle a bad time. Little did they know they would have come out losers.


The van is pretty much loaded and we are ready to head out toward Springfield, IL, Friday morning. Going to do a little trading with the natives.
Edwards Place Fine Arts Fair

Snapping Turtle

Friday Flashbacks

Events from this week in year's past.
(Not too many years past, just as long as we've owned a digital camera.)

2006:

Snakes were breeding. (I guess they're breeding.)

Jo found a viscous, man-eating cottontail in our weed-filled strawberry bed. (Jo's photo)

We discovered a fairly large snapping turtle migrating across our upper pasture. (Jo's photo)

Spiderworts bloomed. (I haven't seen any spiderworts in bloom yet this year.) (Jo's photo)


2007:

A luna moth hung out on the clothesline. (I haven't seen one of these yet in 2008.)

A male carpenter bee prepared to do a little nectar robbing on a narcissus while a wasp made its way into the bloom. (Narcissus are just now budding this year.)

Friday Flashbacks