backyard visitor
we had a visitor in the backyard this evening. i was washing the dishes and looking out the window that is over the sink and spotted a turtle! he wandered over through the wire fence at the back of the yard that separates us from the little bit of wooded area behind us. we took some pictures and he wandered around a bit. when he couldn’t make it back through the fence, i had to pick him up and put him through it. then he wandered on his little turtle way. i’m assuming it is a male, since men won’t ask for directions. i did put on gloves before picking him up, and i gently touched his hind legs to get him to retreat into his shell so i wouldn’t accidently hit his head when i put him through to the leaf pile on the other side of the fence. the girl sat and watched to make sure he wandered back into the woods and not our yard.