[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

A few pictures I've taken the last few days.

This is an American Kite.The bird book says they should not be in this area, but the bird book is old, and I think they are slowly coming here. I had a pair several years ago that came 2 years running, and raised babies...I saw a flying lesson one day with one of the babies:), it was cool. It's been several years now since I've seen any, so it was nice to see this one.

We've also been catching some box turtles when we find them. Next week The Green Corn Festival starts, and on Sat. morning they will have turtle races. We will have a heat race here Fri. to find the best two of the ones we have (we have 3 right now), so that Blake and JP can both have an entry. This first one seems a likely candidate. He doesn't seem to mind coming out and moving around with people around, he is eating good, which is what he is doing here. He's eating everytime I look out there:). The other two we have are a bit slow to come out and move, and when they are out they are scratching and climbing the sides trying to figure out how to get out. The other one seems very content in the crate:) I guess he's figured out there is nothing wrong with having some one feed and water him:).

And this last because it's cute:). JP and Blake wanted to play in the sprinkler Fri. when they were here, but JP at first didn't like having it sprinkle on his head, so I put my hat on him and he was fine then:).

Becky

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

Darn....American Kite should be Mississippi Kite....

I’m on my second pot of coffee too....

Becky

[HairOfTheDog]

Great pics... that’s a pretty cute kid picture!

I look forward to seeing turtles that just run wild... we don’t have those :~) Can we find some when I come you think?

[HairOfTheDog]

Are the turtles the same species? Their shell is very different.

[MissTargets]

Those turtles are cool. We saw a big snapping turtle on our ride Friday. He was laying in a 4-wheeler rut filled with water. We gave him a wide berth. Lugar was getting close, but I don't think he noticed it.

Wow, Green Corn Festival already. Time sure does fly. I love small town events like that.

On the trail class, they walked over a bridge, then logs, a box of logs to turn around in. Walked into a "L", backed out, sidepassed over another log. Trotted through 2 logs, turned, then a gate. For the little kids there was not a rope to open, so they did a pretend, but still had to go through, as though there was on. Amy didn't place in trail. PJ hit the logs in the turn around. Her class was a lot bigger than Alison's.

[Beaker]

Those pictures are adorable, especially of the turtles and the kid :-)