Look Who Came Out Today!

Here's a dusty little turtle...Little George O'Mally to be more specific. During the winter, I laid a rug over the spot where the turtles buried themselves to hibernate. The last couple days, I've moved the rug because it is so warm. Yesterday we say Grumpy had brought himself to the surface and had his head poking out looking around. Today, Little George came up and went for a short walk. Here he is, still dirty from being buried, looking for a new place to dig in. He didn't go too deep when he dug back in this time, but he may have to in the next couple days. This is Texas, so even though we have seen it get up into the 70's this week, it is supposed to drop back down into the 20's in the next night or two. Poor turtles.

But Amanda and I are excited. We've seen Grumpy and Little George and today we checked on Grace, too. We dug around her a little bit and she moved, so she must have made it through the winter as well. It looks like they've still got a cold spell or two to endure, but they've made it through the winter. Tomorrow, Amanda and I are going to buy some turtle food so we'll be ready when they want to eat.