In the world today, there is a massive movement focused on “getting back to basics.” And when it’s all said and done, there is nothing more basic than a good old-fashioned log. Logs are so functional and multi-purpose. They are also quite manly and masculine (a side perk if you happen to be a soloContinueContinue reading “Day 219: Box Turtle Gets Back to Basics”
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Day 216: Box Turtle Meets “The Hand”
Shelled beings are quite cute and compact. If you popped out wearing a shell on your back, you definitely won the design lottery. If you can fit completely inside your box and hinge it shut, this means you are a “box turtle.” (It also means there are modern safes that aren’t as secure as youContinueContinue reading “Day 216: Box Turtle Meets “The Hand””
Day 213: The Box Turtle Selfie
There is such a thing as “selfie culture” today. This basically involves snapping pics of yourself all day, every day, so as to feature all of your good sides (you don’t want to leave any out on account of how they’ll feel, well, left out). This is easier for beings who only have one orContinueContinue reading “Day 213: The Box Turtle Selfie”
Day 210: A Box Turtle and His Crocs
Reptiles, whether box turtles, tortoises or other species, are definitely a breed apart. Even if you look a little (or a lot) different on the outside, on the inside you have so much in common. Take cold blood, for example. Where a good one-half of all the beings on earth are what one might politelyContinueContinue reading “Day 210: A Box Turtle and His Crocs”
Day 207: Box Turtle Makes a Video!
While there are undeniable advantages to be had by choosing life in an interspecies flock, there are also notable drawbacks. For starters, the paparazzi. They just never leave you alone. As a box turtle, wherever you go, whatever you are doing, whether you are swimming in your watering hole, snoozing under your fern, noshing onContinueContinue reading “Day 207: Box Turtle Makes a Video!”
Day 204: A Box Turtle Finds a Friend
When you are an active participant in the daily food chain o’ life, you soon learn who your friends are. When you encounter the same beings again and again, and again and again they seem totally disinclined to add you to the menu, chances are good they are your friends. As a box turtle, whileContinueContinue reading “Day 204: A Box Turtle Finds a Friend”
Day 201: A Big Green Box Turtle
You just never know who you might meet when a new day dawns. This is why, if you are a single and suave manly and masculine 3-toed box turtle who is looking for love, there is always a reason to keep hope alive. You could be out for a bit of a stroll, no destinationContinueContinue reading “Day 201: A Big Green Box Turtle”
Day 198: The Box Turtle Stakeout
If you are a being who wears a shell on your back, it doesn’t take long to learn you might as well be wearing a sign that reads, “I’m what’s for lunch.” To further complicate matters, since the shell goes wherever you go, you can’t very well just leave it behind and continue on yourContinueContinue reading “Day 198: The Box Turtle Stakeout”
Day 195: A Flocking Box Turtle
Since most shelled beings don’t naturally cohabitate in flocks, any shelled newcomer to flock life can expect to encounter a learning curve of sorts. This learning curve can definitely be worth the work, however. After all, being the intelligent, independent, resourceful box turtle that you are, if you are going to do this “flock life”ContinueContinue reading “Day 195: A Flocking Box Turtle”
Day 192: Boy Box Turtle Versus Girl Box Turtle
If there is one fact about shelled beings that the large shell-less beings seem to consistently get wrong, it is box turtle gender. Just as the males of the avian world are often more colorful and (let’s be honest) attractive than the females, so too can the bright coloration and outgoing personalities of boy boxContinueContinue reading “Day 192: Boy Box Turtle Versus Girl Box Turtle”
Love & Feathers & Shells 