Thursday Dedication

Jessica of Finding One's Way has started a new Thursday blogging event to encourage bloggers to tell others about their favorite blogs and... she dedicated the first one to Rachel and Pokey! Come read for a while...

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Tozo is in a Contest

My beloved cartoon turtle friend is in a contest. Please vote for the Skipper Strip repeatedly so someday soon I can see him in the newspaper!

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Hidden Harbor Motel

One Florida Motel has been converted into a hospital for sea turtles! It warmed my heart to read about this place where turtles get a second chance at life and visitors are welcome to see the action. I've still never been to Florida, but now I know one reason I'd really like to go.

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Pokey's First Softshell Turtle Friend

Pokey made a friend!  Lisa has a pond in her back yard where this Florida Softshell Turtle lives with a few chicken turtle friends.  Softshell Turtles like to bury themselves in the sand, but this one always comes out when Lisa wanders over to the pond because she brings bread.  Normally this turtle feasts on fish, frogs and other pond inhabitants, but we all have our empty calory indulgences, right? Perhaps this softshell was a duck in its past life and simply cannot give up it's bread addiction?  All I know is we shouldn't knock the food choices of one of the prime turtle food targets.  Softshell turtles are being hunted all over Florida right now because companies in Asia are willing to pay top dollar for their meat.  Thank you Lisa for keeping Pokey's Softshell Turtle friend safe!  :)

If you would like to thank Lisa for sharing her turtle photos, you can visit her at her blogs:  The Diet Talk, What I Love About Painting, and How Do I Get Whiter Teeth.

Turtle Decor of the Day

I love it when I find something turtle themed that is also beautifully designed and handmade.  This pillow cover by SLCdesignsHome on etsy.com is one of those items.  I'm not an interior designer, but I can think of several style homes this would look fabulous in.  Is one of them your house? 

The He Said She Said of Turtle Names

I am very familiar with the predicament presented in this story about a rescued Loggerhead turtle.  When I first got Pokey, she was still too young for veterinarians to discern her sex.  I waited several years and then carried her to a reptile show at the mall for assessment.  It was there that I learned my little turtle was a lady.  I wished I could have carried her there in a blinged out small dog purse to help her flaunt her identity.  Maybe I still should get her one, for fancy transportation to and from her vet check ups.  After all, we do live in Santa Barbara.  Pets here usually travel in style.

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Turtle Video of the Day

I found this video almost a year ago, but I still find it adorably cute.  Unfortunately, my cat is larger than my turtle, so I won't be able to train my pets to do the same.