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I was lucky enough to witness some Soft-Shelled Turtles hatching this morning on our beach and making their way down to the lake.
Good morning everyone! Have a nice day.
Paeonia lactiflora hybrid, or Chinese Peony. This one looses its pink colouring while unfolding. That is why I like this stage best.
"Sad-eyed and soft and grey thou art, o morn!
Across the long grass of the marshy plain
Thy west wind whispers of the coming rain,
Thy lark forgets that May is grown forlorn
Above the lush blades of the springing corn,
Thy thrush within the high elms strives in vain
To store up tales of spring for summer's pain -
Vain day, why wert thou from the dark night born?"
~ William Morris, 1834-1896 ~
From " Sad-Eyed and Soft and Grey"
I thought this was a gopher turtle and I was wondering if it were hurt because it's so flat, but the guy who helped me move it said it was a soft shell turtle and it "will bite my finger right off."
Boy, that turtle can run...he just hydroplaned along the street till it finally ended up back in the creek whence it came.
guess i fired this off while i was advancing the film to frame 0 :)
july/august 2010
pentax mx, cosina voigtländer ultron 40/2
rollei retro 80s, hc110e, 5' @ 22c
I found this one in the middle of the coop about a week ago. The first one ever not laid in the nest box. it looks like one of the hens must have stepped on it. It was soft-shelled when it was laid, then I left it out in the mud room for a few days and the inside froze, making it look even more strange because the shell became more deformed.
I made sure to give penny extra calcium (oyster shell) after this.