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Turtle Time

It is that time of year when the turtles climb up the slope from the creek far below......

to the flat surface at the base of our back stairs. They do this under the cover of darkness. Once there on the small flat spot at the bottom of the stairs they begin to dig. It takes hours for the turtle to dig a hole deep enough to lay eggs. Usually the sun is up long before they finish the process so when we are out early on the porch we can watch them hard at work.

Eventually the turtle will finish and slowly work its way back down to the water. That journey back is often made with a sense of urgency because of the small children that are not supervised  or the fact the turtle has been out of the water quite some time and needs to get back.


Fun to watch at a distance as well as proof that life goes on no matter the circumstances of each day. Watching life in and on the creek as nature does its thing each day has brought both Sandi and I some brief respites here and there as things relentlessly roll along.

Quiet Sunday On The Porch

With no Cowboys game today it was a quiet Sunday on the porch. That is until the first picture was sneakily  taken....

Of course that led to several more ......

including my attempt, such as it was, at "Gangman Style" .....

kind of hard to style or strike a pose when you can't dance--with or without the cane.
 

Snake!

While going for the mail Saturday afternoon Karl saw this.....

in addition to the water moccasin on the bank (hard to see I know), apparently there have been several different rattlesnakes wandering the property.  We have not had rattlesnakes out here since more than a decade ago when we still had the fields surrounding the complex. Not happy the rattlesnakes are back.