So.<\/p>\n
Nikki finds box turtles in the back yard \u2013 and brings them into the house. At first I simply picked them off the den floor and put them out the front door. Surely a turtle with any sense would move on. Albeit slowly.<\/p>\n
But after Turtle #3, I began to wonder if the same turtle was coming back through the fence over and over. I mean, how many turtles can a yard have?<\/p>\n
Apparently a lot.<\/p>\n
With Turtle #4, we began a Turtle Relocation Program. Now each new turtle gets a free trip to a nice woodsy area, far away from Nikki. And our den.<\/p>\n
Turtle #5 got quite the send-off this weekend, with my older daughter taking a series of artful photographs to document the occasion. She experimented with textures, colors, and depth of field.
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<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\nMy younger daughter took a picture, too: Turtle in a Driveway.
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Surely there won\u2019t be a Turtle #6.<\/p>\n
EDITED TO ADD: And after I posted this yesterday, I learned it was World Turtle Day<\/a>, founded to help people celebrate and protect turtles and tortoises. Who knew!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"