Total Turtle

Remember Oskar the tiny turtle? Well, he's managed not to shuffle off this mortal coil for an entire season, and now that it's Spring, life has become much more interesting for him. A while ago I ditched the coconut husks he dozed the winter away in, and replaced it with an actual dirt and plants terrarium. He's been in absolute heaven. Though, to my knowledge, he's never laid eyes on a bug in his short life, the moment I dropped a worm in front of him, he rushed over to chomp on it immediately. Today I refreshed his bug supply with more worms, a bunch of sow bugs, and a random assortment of creepy crawlies from the garden. He was napping in his water bowl when I dumped everything in, and his eyes immediately went wide, and he immediately leaped out and began chasing things around. As the bugs started finding hiding spots, he began crawling up onto the highest rock in the vivarium, craaaaning his little neck in every direction to catch signs of movement, and then rushing off to snap up whatever unlucky critter made the mistake of moving.

When it comes to entertainment, TV has nothing vs. real live nature.

...Hello?

I love my window feeder.

Happy Fourth of July, American pals! I hope there's are lots of fun BBQs and fireworks for everyone. It's a little rainy here, but hopefully it will clear up by tonight.

Mariemont is set to celebrate its second year with "big-time" professional fireworks, so assuming it isn't pushed back to tomorrow, we'll walk over to the park for the carillon concert and "ooo" and "ahh" along with everyone. Or if we're super-lazy, then we'll just sit on the patio and watch them like we did last year.