Turtle

We have all sorts of visitors to our yard---deer, turkeys, squirrels, birds, rabbits, cats, the occasional dog, etc.  But it's not too often that we spot a turtle, although I've no doubt they are out there.  We did have that big snapping turtle in our backyard last year, and that was a whole process trying to get the thing out of our yard without hurting it or letting it bite off a finger.

But recently I looked out into our front yard and saw a new visitor---a cute box turtle.  I had a little turtle when I was a child, a cute little fellow I named Dinky.  I can't even remember where he came from, but it was wild.  Now feeling as I do about animals, I would never keep a wild animal as a pet. They belong in the wild (duh.)

This one had made it over to the garden boxes where our compost melons are growing. 

 We (OK, Mr. GV) moved him over to the edge of the woods.  I'm not scared of a box turtle, Mr. GV just got to him while I was busy snapping pictures.  lol  We had a half-eaten melon that was in our garden bed already, so we offered it up to him, along with a few in-shell peas.  I'm not sure what his dining choices were (my Dinky ate freeze-dried worms that came in cubes, and I believe we gave him some fresh produce too) but somebody enjoyed the melon and peas, because they were completely gone when I checked the next day.