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My Funky Friday Find

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The stress is really getting to me. I sat down to write this morning (Friday - this didn't get written until close to midnight so is posted Sat.) , after driving the kids to school for the second time this week, and took stock of what I thought the day would be like. I won't bore you with the details of my terrible start to the day, the lack of progress that ensued, and the huge funk that I was in. I will just share with you what made me think my stress and grump was all slightly silly. Lady J discovered  a small creature, North Carolina's only land turtle I had to at least get a walk in. I didn't want that failure to add to the beating I was giving myself. So my ever willing companion, Lady J, and I started down the driveway. She ran ahead of me a bit and found this Eastern Box Turtle ! It is the third one we have seen on this property. The first one we found last fall, and it had a beautiful shell. First found turtle, last fall. The second we found in th...