These two friendly critters came by for a visit this afternoon. They were racing and chasing all over the place, and I was lucky to get this shot at just exactly the right moment.
In spite of the fact that a snapping turtle bit my toe Monday evening, I wouldn’t live anyplace else in the world.
My eyes were bothering me on Sunday, so I took out my contacts as soon as I got home, and put in some OTC eye drops. I woke up Monday with my left eye glued shut, and blood red when I did get it open. When I’d had my last eye exam in February, I was told I had a cataract on that eye that was just about ready to be removed, so The Squire called his eye specialist (he suffers from frequent, spontaneous detached retinas) to see if they could work me in. I think he hoped they could treat the pink-eye and diagnose the cataract in one swell foop, but that was not to be. Still, they told me to come down ASAP, and they would work me in. They had an opening in 15 minutes, which I couldn’t have made even if I had been dressed, but the receptionist said they’d just take the folks who were there a bit earlier, and slide me in when I arrived.
Prescription eye drops four times a day in both eyes, and a follow up the first week in August, and we’ll see where we go from there.
It is, as they say, always something.
thisendoftheswamp 
How nice to have such graceful guests. I didn’t know turtles could be so aggressive.
Amalia
xo
Only snappers, and they are VERY aggressive! If you do a search on my blog for “Snapping Turtles” you’ll find several occasions when I was at the mercy of one of these beasts.