It is a fact – if you have a shell on your back, you pretty much hate fences. Whether the fence is there to keep you in or to keep you out, it is never a welcome sight. Even if the grass is so succulent and green on your side of the fence…. ….it isContinueContinue reading “Day 143: The Tortoise & the Dreaded F.E.N.C.E.”
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Day 140: Tortoise Home Away from Home
The large shell-less being here…. When I first brought Malti home, I was sufficiently petrified to expect a steep learning curve with daily challenges. And those were just the ones I faced while we were actually at home. It was another matter entirely when I needed to take my little girl somewhere, say, to theContinueContinue reading “Day 140: Tortoise Home Away from Home”
Day 137: Tortoise Stealth Lunching
When you are an active participant in the food chain of life, there are three possible scenarios that could occur at any given meal. The first two are fairly well known: you could eat or you could be eaten. The third isn’t so well known: you could find something great to eat and someone elseContinueContinue reading “Day 137: Tortoise Stealth Lunching”
Day 134: Itchy Scratchy Tortoise Shell
It is pretty cool to be born with your home right on your back. But then again, sometimes it is not so cool, especially when your home goes through a growth spurt and starts to….itch. Beings without shells often don’t realize that your shell is a living entity – it is as much alive asContinueContinue reading “Day 134: Itchy Scratchy Tortoise Shell”
Day 131: Just a Tortoise & Her Refrigerator
It is hard to argue with true love. When you meet your beloved for the first time – in that moment when your eyes behold one another – you just know. No one else will do. You could go anywhere, be anywhere, and you will always find your way back to their side. Like so.
Day 128: For the Best Seat in the House (Move the Tortoise)
There is this saying, “if you want the best seat in the house, you have to move the dog.” As if. If you really want the best seat in the casa, well, good luck. Because chances are good a small, very cute shelled being is already sitting in it. And it is very hard toContinueContinue reading “Day 128: For the Best Seat in the House (Move the Tortoise)”
Day 125: Big Lawn Little Tortoise
Any shelled being who can grow from silver dollar-sized to football-sized in just four years deserves some serious kudos. But big as you may get, there will always be something bigger. Like your grandparents’ enormous lawn, for example. After foraging for awhile, it can feel quite intimidating – not to mention exhausting – to lookContinueContinue reading “Day 125: Big Lawn Little Tortoise”
Day 122: Tortoise Lunch Is Very Fresh & Very Gone
There is no doubt the large shell-less beings mean well. Yours, for instance, really wants to make sure you get plenty of exercise, fresh food, play time and shell scratches (not to mention restful naps). But there is one thing that will forever separate you and your assistant. She gets repeatedly hung up on thisContinueContinue reading “Day 122: Tortoise Lunch Is Very Fresh & Very Gone”
Day 119: Tortoise Tracks
Being born with a very cute face can often mean the other very cute parts of you get routinely overlooked. But cuteness can only stand being under-appreciated for so long before it finds its own outlet to attract admiration. For instance, let’s say you have a really cute face, but you also have extremely cuteContinueContinue reading “Day 119: Tortoise Tracks”
Day 116: We Eat Them Tasty Books
It is hungry work carrying around a big heavy shell on your back. On the plus side, anytime you are ready to go home, you can just sit down. On the minus side, sometimes wherever you happen to be when you are ready to rest doesn’t offer the best selection of snacks. But, fortification beingContinueContinue reading “Day 116: We Eat Them Tasty Books”
Love & Feathers & Shells 