I had a 'hairy' caterpillar with the turtle. I was going to use and title it "The Tortoise and the Hair" (Hare), but they didn't play well together. *grin* They never were in the same spot...
[Oct. 12th, 2008 08:01:00 PM]
MaryO, I'm so pleased to be able to tell you that they are both real...
And not at all friends. *sigh* Mr. Snail wanted to check out Mr. Turtle (Theodore).
When Mr. Turtle touched him by accident as he left to get away from the stranger, Mr. Snail was startled abruptly and went into his shell... leaving Ms. Photographer with this ONE shot.
Theodore went on his merry way.
Mr. Snail went back underneath the hose reel where I found him.
I think Theodore is a young box turtle. He came to me from the side yard where I think he was eating worms (which I find vaguely disgusting, but understandable).
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I did come back to check :-) Still completely adorable and even more enjoyable with the story behind it! Sounds like you had to work very hard with the neighborhood fauna to get a decent shot.
Is that a baby turtle? Or tortoise, maybe. What beautifully expressive eyes. I'm going to be so disappointed if that's not real! Not sure how he fits into the fairy tale (the version I read just had Tom sleeping in a snail shell) but he's adorable.
Don't think I've ever seen two such critters together. Very, very cool.
Very, very cute. I love the expression of the turtle. Your subjects have great personality. My only wish is that it had either a solid black background or a solid white one, or even better a nice brightly colored background. This one just seems kind of haphazardly gray and distractingly textured.
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