Hero in a Half Shell

Growing up 10 minutes from downtown Cincinnati meant the wildlife I typically saw was: some random birds, some random bugs (including nasty one like waterbugs), a squirrel here or there and stray cats. Yep, that's pretty much it.


So, you can imagine how excited I get when I see all of the critters out here near the country. Deer, rabbits, cardinals, blue jays and our newest friend, Herman the Turtle.

Meet Herman.

Mike discovered Herman when he was pulling out of the garage Monday night. Somehow, this HUGE turtle wandered into our garage. Mike had to leave, so that left the kids and I to take care of our new pal. We put him in a box and I went to work on the internet - Herman was a painted turtle. We tried to feed him some veggies, but it was clear that Herman wanted to get back to the water.



The Pear was so excited. He'd jabber, point, jabber some more, pet Herman, etc...



Taylor was in love. I'm not sure how she came up with Herman...


We decided Herman needed to go somewhere a little more suitable than our garage, so we loaded him into a bucket and walked him over to a nearby creek. The kids were soooo sad to see him go!

Swimming away.

Herman's new home. (And yeah, that's so not our house. I can pretend, right?)

Michael, asking where the turtle went (see his questioning hand?).

The Worm, crestfallen.

I'm way behind on blogging. I picked up some freelance work so time is precious! I'll do at least a photo post soon!

Until next time,

Mommy Kel