We have a turtle...kind of....

I would like to introduce you to Sammie! He is a Box Turtle and he "lives" in our yard. Dixon found him a couple of weeks ago. He was in our back yard, inside the fence, on top of the far hill (for those of you who have seen our yard, you will understand where that is. For those of you who have not seen our yard, come on over!) Dixon didn't really know what to think of him, so I picked him up and took him inside to try to convince Amanda that he needed to stay in our guest bathroom bathtub. She didn't like that idea. I took him out front to the side of the house where we have a whole bunch of Hostas. I thought he might like it there, lots of shade, things to eat and plenty of water. He hung around for a couple of days and then he ran away. Yesterday, Dixon was up at the back hill again doing a weird, what is this thing dance so I went to check it out and there was Sammie! It only took him two weeks, but he was back in the same place where we originally found him. I brought Sammie back inside and tried again for the bathtub, but alas, Sammie ended up back in the Hostas. I found him running away again just an hour later....well not really running, more like waddling. I guess I will see him again in a couple of weeks on the top of the hill. Weird turtle. -Jared