If I never see a drop of rain again, it will still be WAY too soon. Enough already! Texas has been practically underwater for the last month. We have had flash floods every single day since I’ve been here, (over a week,) and usually twice a day. And there was a ton of rain in Texas before we arrived. Poor Ally da Pup is terrified of thunderstorms, and I didn’t bring her back with me just to torture her! The rainfall has broken all kinds of records for the state. And I feel so sad for all those poor folks who have been flooded out of their homes. It’s just been a total mess. The rain finally stopped yesterday though so at least we get a sunny weekend. Hurrah!
My Mom lives in the ‘burbs, nowhere near a creek or a lake. A couple of days ago Ally and I were walking in front of the house and we saw this:
The turtle was about a foot long and he was glaring at us. Ally was chomping at the bit to go get him and I was pulling her back while watching them both. The turtle had a very malevolent stare and I remembered that turtles snap. I wasn’t risking that for either of us! We watched him for a bit then went inside.
My Mother came home about twenty minutes later.
“Mom, you’ve got to see this, come outside! There’s a humongous turtle under the tree in the driveway.”
Mom said, “A turtle? At our house? Maybe he’s lost or got washed up over here. I can call Kevin and see if he will take him to the creek behind his house.”
I opened the door and saw the turtle just as I about stepped on him. He was directly outside the front door looking up at me. I screamed and slammed the door. I must have scared the heck out of him too because when I looked out the window, he had very quickly walked, (run?) quite a healthy clip away from the door.
I guess I’ve been called worse… Lisa B – Turtle Terrorizer.
Awww. Poor turtle. He had followed you home because he thought he had found new friends. Or maybe he was planning to snap you in your sleep.
That turtle wouldn’t have snapped. He was probably very cool to look at though.
Most turtles don’t snap. You should have brought him into the house where he could drink out of the toilet. After all, your dog probably does.
Isn’t it meant to be summer there?
If a turtle has a long spiky tail, it’s a snapper. Otherwise not. Helpful hint for when you get back to da city.
Also, no matter what Comcast would like to have you believe, most turtles move slower than, say, squirrels, but a hell of a lot faster than, say, snails, or tourists.
We could use some of that rain here. Just no wind, please. I like the turtles, actually. Not sure why they would terrorize anybody but you certainly terrorized it. I promise not to report you.
And you didn’t make soup? hehe Used to see turtles here all the time, not so much anymore. I wonder what that means?
LOL..you big wuss!!
I hear turtle is a delicacy down there in Texas. Is he going to be dinner?
I wonder what turtles think of us, really.Except for the snapping variety, they seem to be pretty slow on the uptake.:)
i’ m reporting you to that rat guy who cared for the teenaged mutant ninja turtles.
be ready, lady.
They usually do that when one of their friends is upside down and needs more help than they can give, so the turtle can get back home to it’s wife and kids. You didn’t say, but I’m sure you helped the little fella.
Now that’s funny, because Ally barking and pulling to go get him didn’t scare him, but you did. I don’t know that they can run, maybe he power walked.
Ha! He’s just mindin’ his own little turtle business and here comes this crazy lady a-screamin’ at ‘im! LOL Just teasing, Lisa. I’d have done the same. Hope the rain has gone away!!!
@ Dagny: I know. He probably wanted to be friends and I ruined it
@ Andy: NOW you tell me lol.
@ Hoss: Ally doesn’t drink from the toilet
@ D-Man: Indeed!
@ GW: I had no idea turtles could move that fast! Too many cartoons growing up, I guess.
@ Bud: Whew, thanks
@ Se7en: Blech, Turtle Soup. Plus I can’t eat a turtle I talked to ten minutes before
@ Slick: Guilty lol. Oh well. As for Mr. Turtle, I didn’t see him after that.
@ Janet: This one had a very wise and scary look in his eyes
@ Quin: Eek! Run away, run away
@ Paul: I appreciate it but somehow I doubt it. More likely I gave him cardiac arrest
@ Leave: LMAO @ Power Walking!!!
@ Oob: I know, poor little guy! Oh well. Whatever
Yeah, what Se7en said–it’s good stuff! Tastes like chicken soup.
LOL! I would have done the same thing ;-D
We used to get big mud turtles at our old place because of the pond. They only appeared when it rained a lot. I never knew where they disappeared to afterwards, but come to think of it, my annoying neighbor began to resemble an old turtle the last several years. Hmmm….
I had no idea that turtles could be mean.
Well, with all of that rain, now you can imagine what winter in Seattle is like. Dreary and wet. Ugh.
I hope you get dried out soon.
And I hope Ally does okay.
I saw a baby turtle last week. I was too scared to touch it. I’m such a nature wimp!
Sorry to read that Ally doesn’t like rainstorms. My mom’s dog has the same problem. He totally freaks out at the sound of thunder. I know that she gives him some kind of medication, which does the trick. If you want, I can find out what it is.
“I screamed and slammed the door.” And then the turtle, who had been zapped with radioactive energy, stood on his hind legs, said “I’ll GET YOU,” and opened the door. Lisa, quite in shock, dissolved into a puddle on the floor, which the turtle rejoiced in.
There, my science fiction ending, you turtle terrorizer!
(BTW, I have screamed and slammed the door on a big flying cockroach in Guam. I know where you’re coming from.)
Very funny! I didn’t know turtles could run….
Too damn funny! Screaming over a turtle!
That part of the country has been all messed up lately. Stupid global warming! Where’s Al Gore when you need him?
That big fellow is your good-old American box turtle. Quite harmless (sort of).
True story, I was digging on an archaealogical dig once, and found some eggs in the ground. I thought they were snake eggs,and I kept them to hatch them (then release) since their home was entirely displaced. a few weeks later – turtles pop out! Cutess little suckers ever!
a turtle bully.
I’ve officially heard it all.
My childhood doggie was afraid of thunder and would whimper and cry like no other. And I never knew how to calm her down or help her (except lay with her curled up in a ball on the ground). Broke my heart!!!!
At least the turtle you stepped on had a shell ?
I didn’t actually step on the turtle but came close
California could definitely use some of that rain… we hardly had any rainfall this season.
I love the turtle shot. I acutally love turtles but I haven’t seen one since I was a kid in NJ.
Wow, you made a turtle move quickly? That’s got to be impressive.
The LAPD, the FBI, and the CIA are all trying to prove that they are the best at apprehending criminals. The President decides to give them a test. He releases a rabbit into a forest and each of them has to catch it.
The CIA goes in. They place animal informants throughout the forest. They question all plant and mineral witnesses. After three months of extensive investigations they conclude that rabbits do not exist.
The FBI goes in. After two weeks with no leads they burn the forest, killing everything in it, including the rabbit, and they make no apologies. The rabbit had it coming.
The LAPD goes in. They come out two hours later with a badly beaten bear. The bear is yelling: “Okay! Okay! I’m a rabbit! I’m a rabbit!”
At least he wasn’t under your tires….
I had a blast meeting the two of you!
P.S. How was Graceland?
Pecan waffles are the shizznet!!!! Sorry Ally has had it so rough and the turtle.
Other than bearded women on a glass elevator, snapping turtles scare me beyond words. I still have a scar and story about one biting my left index finger almost ‘clean off’, and if I have to relive that….OH NO, I have to go change now.