The rain eases off at mid-morning, and once again a box turtle comes out of the woods and marches up the driveway with surprising haste.
box turtle
7/26/2015
The box turtle whose territory my house happens to encroach upon sits in the driveway, yellow markings like a road sign in a foreign script.
5/12/2015
A box turtle plods across the yard, the markings on its shell as bright as fresh graffiti. A bluebird scratches behind his ear like a dog.