| Summer - 2009 Paul and I found a turtle - see picture- in
our pond. I went and got Bill Gottschalk to
tell us
what kind it was and get a little
friendly support. I asked him in all
sincerity how he thought the turtle could
have made its way to our pond. He said he
didn't know and hemmed and hawed and finally
said he really didn't know - maybe Doug
did. Are you catching on yet?
Well apparently this turtle was in the
street and they (Bill and Doug) decided we
didn't have any fish in our pond and the
turtle was near dead, so to revive it they
would put it in our pond. We weren't home
and no one left a message and we didn't see
anyone this morning to tell us of the
turtle's existence. Well we finally got the
turtle (he had gotten out of the pond and
was trying to get under the fence behind all
the evergreen trees behind our pond) and
managed to put him in a box. I had figured
out Doug was behind all of this, so I took
the box, left it on Doug's doorstep, rang
the bell and ran away. I hid around
the corner of the house and heard Doug
answer the door and seeing the turtle, begin
to laugh.
Doug carried the turtle out to the street
and we all gathered for a good laugh.
Only in Alexa do 60+ year old folks think
and act like 6th graders. I do love it so.
Judy |