The weather was so pleasant today (though overcast) I decided to take the girls to the Cincinnati Nature Center, which is right around the corner from RAPTOR's new property.
You can buy a handful of fish/turtle food for a quarter...which was a big hit for the girls (and the fish and turtles)
What I wasn't expecting was this. Look closely at this photo. Normal-sized, harmless turtles on the top and side...then this massive head, almost the size of the other turtles. A snapping turtle. Excuse me while I say, "Aiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!!".
Some ladies walking by said that was Arnold, as in Arnold Schwarzenegger.
I was rather excited to finally witness a nighthawk in migration tonight. Geoff and I sat and watched 10 or so fly over, in the course of 20 minutes.
My little tree-hugger. I wonder if Lorelei will grow up to be a tree doctor or something. She loves trees...the bark, the leaves, the twigs.
When I saw the moon over the peak of our house, I was reminded of 2001.
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All good photos, but especially that last one is really impressive, honey. It may be a good time, incidentally, to mention that today NASA awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin, to create a spaceship to take astronauts to the moon. (Just to bring some current events to your blog.)
Going to the Nature Center today isn't a current event???
Awww, cute picture of Lorelei!
Thanks...
She does that alot, hug trees.
Watch out Susan, Lorelei looks like a future tree-huggin, dirt worshiper!!
I'm Baaaccck!!
No, you ninnies, not Arnold, it's me: The HAL 9000.
Now, where's Dave?
I hope there were no toes dangling in the water- EEK!!
So cool. I like turtles - but snapping turtles are nasty things!
Beautiful pics Susan. Morgan is a tree-hugger too :))))
I like the tree-hugger pic also.
27 snapping turtle eggs hatched beside the *pond* at work the other day - they were pretty cute. So docile that one would never guess them to be snappers, but their very long tails gave them away.
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