It's a box turtle. This is the time of year when females look for a good spot on high ground to lay their eggs. We have a creek at the far end of our property and I've seen turtles before down there, but I've never seen one up by our house before, no less in the middle of our driveway. Thank God I saw it, my stomach turns at the though of running over one of these.
DH wasn't with DD and I when we came across the turtle (I stopped the truck and ran in to get the camera to take a pic) - he was actually at our local park being part of a Geocaching demonstration that was being put on. Since he tends to be a tad bit of a speedier driver than I, I called him to tell him to watch out for the turtle. (Yet another reason to add to the multitudes of why I am glad cellular phones were invented - turtle protection! :-)
I have almost hit deer in my own driveway, but this was the first time I almost hit a turtle. Speaking of deer, our hosta keeps getting eaten by deer but my Dad said he got some stuff called "Liquid Fence" to spray on his hosta and he says it seems to be working. Anyone have any experience with Liquid Fence or anything else to get the deer to leave plants alone? Generally I don't even bother trying to deter the deer because nothing seems to work anyway - and I know they love hosta, but we got our hosta from a family friend and it would just be nice if we could see the flowers bloom one of these years before the deer eat them....ya know??
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