figure it out....

I don't really know what is going on here, but it's a wonderful gift that I am going to appreciate. Maybe it's because I have finally been "blogging" long enough, or maybe because it's winter and cold, and there isn't much to do... but suddenly the "blog world" has opened and I have been finding some really neat "friends".... Christian/horse friends, (mostly) which makes this the "gift" part. I have gone onto some beautiful blog sights and have had a glimpse into the lives of others, and from many different places. It's nice... even more nice, because I have, upon occasion, gone "blog hopping" (or whatever you wish to call it) and have found myself in "places" where I don't belong and CERTAINLY don't want to be in... so I had stopped blog hopping and stuck to the places that I knew. I will continue to be careful... I have seen enough "Dateline" shows to know that the computer world isn't without its dark places... sadly much like the world we live in.... but, keeping your eyes open, asking for guidance and going carefully, you can find some wonderful things out there in computer land. So, a special hello to some new folks that have found my blog, and just to say once again, I have enjoyed "sharing" my time with you and your blogs...........

Yes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.. but just look at this handsome turtle enjoying his sunrock.... my "Titus"!!! It is still taking him sometime to be totally comfortable in this tank, and it's been hard to get a picture of him sunning, because at the first little noise or movement, he often launches himself off into the water. WHICH is much better than before, because in the little tank when he did that, he often bashed himself into the side of the tank... and a few chips in his shell are tell tale signs of it.... He also has a few chips from his daring escapes... which he can't do from this tank, as the sides are so much higher. I hated it when he got out, for fear that we would never find him again... unless it were too late. Turtles are travelers and the two times he did get out, we found him in the bathroom (two room beyond where his tank was) and under a table in the living room (which we overlooked him twice before actually seeing him there!!!)



Funny how we humans get attached to such things... I mean with the cockers, cats and horses, I can say there is a "real relationship" there, but I don't know if I can really give Titus that much credit.... though, if I do stand by his tank and call his name, he will swim over towards me (I know, he is just looking for food!!!) and IF he is hungry, he will paddle madly in one corner of the tank until I appear and see to his needs. Some of the turtle websites go into all kinds of details with stories of their turtle's and their relationships... there's got to be a little poetic freedom with some of them, if you get my point!!! Either way, I do enjoy watching him swimming about (and sunning) and can appreciate his peaceful world.

and off to "my world"... there are 15 bales of shavings in the back of the truck needing to be put inside......