I was sitting outside, absorbing a little sun, when suddenly a turtle stepped out onto the driveway. In all the years we’ve lived here, I have never seen a turtle on our property before. I called the rest of the family out to witness this marvel. We all oohed and ahhhed, and I took the turtle’s picture.
My husband questioned whether we should take it across the road to the place where there’s usually standing water. I wondered, too, but knowing how bad humans are at figuring out animal wants and needs, I decided to let the turtle find its own way. There were several directions it could have gone to find water, including a route under the road, and that’s the trajectory it was on. I went outside later and it was nowhere to be seen. I hope it found its way home.
Very cool!