Somedays I'm Just Lucky

 If I had been a minute later or earlier, she might not have been where I could see her.

Dreams may indeed come true

But as luck would have it I was just spot on with my arrival and I did see the largest box turtle I have yet to see in either of our ponds. Large and covered in mud. Not being adverse to a bit of mud, I reached down, picked her up, and took her back to the house to show M'Lady. M'Lady was mightily impressed.   

When we first noticed turtles in our ponds, they were small enough to fit into the palm of my hand. This one was larger than my hand and required both my hands for safe transportation. I was actually very careful not to put a digit near her mouth. 

I like turtles. I had hoped that when we put in the ponds we would attract some. When they showed up, I hoped above and beyond hope that they would stick around and breed.  It's a good feeling to have a dream come true.

Brian