On my quest to find signs of spring for my little series "Signs of Spring", I wandered over to the pond to see what the willow tree was up to. I noticed over the weekend it was starting to bud. While walking up to the pond I heard "plop, plop, plop" and realized I had just startled the turtles while they were sunning. I squinted, trying to spy more turtles across the way and then heard a plop at my feet and noticed another turtle swim away that had been sitting right there on the log in front of me! So I started to make my way to the other side of the pond and stepped out in an area to look and see if there were any more turtles around when I spotted this little guy! I quickly tried to focus in when I noticed my camera was on the wrong setting, not sure what the correct setting was but pretty sure the "landscape" setting wasn't it. He patiently waited till I got my act together, took 2 pictures, then he dove in.
What a great photo! I'm glad you were able to get it to share with us. Oh, by the way, I really don't have a tatoo, but I do have pierced ears.
ReplyDeleteIt is nice to see turtles -- in my town I see them only in ZOO :)
ReplyDeletec'est une tortue sauvage ? elle est mignonne
ReplyDeleteit is a wild turtle? it is cute
What a photogenic guy! We had a box turtle last summer that Missy had a crush on. heh heh... That girl will fall in love with anything.
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The Blue Ridge Gal
(Nice pic)
A turtle in a river? We don't have these sort of inhabitants in France!
ReplyDeleteI hope your young men are feeling better now?
Thanks Lynette and Pak :)
ReplyDeleteOlivier, yes, he's wild and lives in the pond :)
Aw, what a sweet love story Di :)
Alice, yes, he's one of many that live in the pond! And thank you for asking about Braden and Dalton...they felt much better yesterday so we are going to try school out today. Braden was feeling almost back to normal and Dalton was not doing as good as Braden but close. Nick went to church last night for Ash Wednesday and I stayed home with the boys. The pastor's wife is a 1st grade teacher at their school, and also their school secretary goes to our church and they were telling him that so many kids have been out with this, for 3-5 days. Right now 6 kids in their class alone have it. Poor things...
What a cooperative turtle. What a lovely green tapestry of a photo. So glad to hear the boys are on the mend.
ReplyDeleteTurtles!!! I have a pet turtle named Sage that I got when I was 14! He still lives with my Mom because I couldn't take him overseas.. My turtle is getting old!
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ReplyDeleteof course that we have aquatic turtle in france. I am not talking about pet turtles purchased and released, but in France and in Europe there is the "Cistude", a species that is threatened unfortunately.
I've got two turtle at home and they are very funny :o)
My goodness a turtle and wild as well, what a surprise!
ReplyDeleteExcellent! Maybe soon this horrid weather will be underwater too!
ReplyDeleteWow! What an amazing shot! Never thought, actually, that your area could be a habitat for turtles :)
ReplyDeleteIsn't this great?! A very cool sign of spring indeed! :-)
ReplyDeleteVery fun. I looked and looked for turtles in the zoo ponds yesterday, but it's still too cold here. I am so looking forward to spring this year.
ReplyDeleteThe turtle posed nicely for you, and he waited until you were ready to photograph him? How great!
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear the boys are on the mend and getting back to normal.
I adore these little guys - wish we had more here but not enough water.
ReplyDeleteThis is so cute, I love turtles, none around here though. Thanks for sharing yours.
ReplyDeleteWe have a lot of these turtles around here too and I love to see them sunning themselves!
ReplyDeleteTurtles!!! He was posing for you! He's saying, "Let Spring Begin"
ReplyDeleteGlad he waited...great photo.
ReplyDeleteI love it! You're so lucky!
ReplyDeleteIf the turtles are out sunbathing... does it mean we can too?? ;~))
ReplyDeleteI always have the wrong setting when I see something that needs photographing straight away! Lol!
ReplyDeleteAt least you got a good shot of him...eventually :)
Neat photo of you neat neighbor.
ReplyDeleteNice that you have turtles there Tanya. We don't have them here either naturally, but we have a man-made lake at Hamilton Gardens called Turle Lake and someone has put turtles in it. I have seen them sunning on a rock a couple of years ago. Have a nice weekend. - Dave
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