Caladiums after Michael Ray used his new found climbing/stomping skills:
I am not going to post a picture of what he did just one day later. It's just so....... why do turtles have to be so darn thorough?When I come home from work now, Michael Ray is at the back door pushing, pushing, pushing. Behind him are all sorts of plants that have been thrown over the deck or turned over or if they can't get turned over, he pulls himself up over the edge of the pots and plants his front feet in as far as they will go (I haven't seen this....yet......but I know what went on because of the deep "tracks" he leaves behind). I did remove a lot of plants from the deck but not all of them.....I thought some of them were in pots too tall for him to get to......I guess that's not a problem if a turtle also puts in an 8+ hour day.
I came home from work last Thursday to find that Michael had been busy rearranging furniture on the deck (a thing he loves to do when he sometimes finds himself loose in the house). The glider needed to be reset at an angle...
And here he is working on moving a storage bench to another angle...
He is a very busy turtle. This was his Friday project. Do I even need to make a comment here?
True. That old whiskey barrel was falling apart (that clay pot used to hold a horsetail which died when the barrel couldn't hold water anymore)...but only 2 or 3 of the staves had fallen off. Michael just finished the job. He also moved a couple trees in 5 gallon pots away from the fence so he could have his old route back.
It's hard to live with a turtle who is too hot. Michael can't put up with the heat. I'm kind of tired of putting up with him. What to do....what to do...
Turns out a fresh tomato or a plate of sliced strawberries is all a turtle needs to make him happy.
And that means happiness for me too because once Michael is full of tomatoes or strawberries or a slice of watermelon, he loses interest in climbing the deck steps for the rest of the day. We have finally worked things out. I hear him stomping up the deck steps and I race out with something red and delicious and life is back to normal.
For now.
8 comments:
I. LOVE. that. last. photo.
*happysigh*
Hahaha. I do too. :-)
Me three!
The creatures we live with do tend to train us to see things their way. But then heat makes everyone a little crazy.
whoa! I never knew turtles do eat tomatoes. Now that's a new information I've got to learn. Thanks for sharing.
Oh no. You're getting bored with this. How am I supposed to get my Kansas/doggie/turtle/birdie/flower fix if you stop? Nooooooooo.
Kimberly-NooooOOOoooo! I'm not bored with writing (I probably have a couple dozen half-written posts queued up!) but I do have a boring reason for not writing......I've become a knitting maniac. Seven shawls in two months and still going. Weirdest thing but the weather is finally changing so whatever is making me so driven....at least I'll have fun wearing the shawls soon.
What's going on this minute (so you can have a mini-turtle fix). The turtles are in the house tonight because it's in the 50s (!!!!!)...which is half the degrees what it was all summer. Michael is sensibly asleep by my bed, snoring away..... and Cathy Jean is passed out in the middle of the dining room. That girl can sleep anywhere.
Thanks for your comment. It made me laugh. And thanks for the kick in the pants (again) about getting back to posting. :-) I'll try to get something up on Saturday. K? <:-)
Cute Michael, how I wish I could have that kind of pet.
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