Vorlon Whispers

I always get behind on my blogging. I spend so much time on the computer that I just don't get to it. I have been giving my gardening top priority. The weeds have gotten out of hand. I was going to tear the mint out of my west flowerbed and saw the garter snake sunning him or herself in a bare spot. It is probably the same one as last year. I have to carefully look under all the hostas and outer plants to make sure I or it doesn't get surprised.

My next door neighbor had a huge snapping turtle in her back yard. It is probably the same one that was in my yard last year. The come out of the water in the spring to lay their eggs. I thought good lay them in her yard, not mine. Well, the turtle disappeared and I was weeding a section of the flower beds on the west side. When I got done the section I had planned on doing, I looked up and there she was, by the silver maple tree, watching me and waiting for me to get done so she could lay her eggs in my flower bed. Only, she didn't pick the same area as last year, She kept trying to dig under the metal post for my electric meter. She must have given up as she disappeared and left the ground undisturbed except for a couple flowers she had knocked over. Juan came to cut the grass and I had to run out and tell him about the turtle so he could give her a wide birth and not disturb her or get bitten by her. Maybe the noise of the mower was too much for her and she moved on. I hope no one picked her up to make turtle soup out of her. Last year, I looked up on the internet and found that they lay their eggs in the spring and they hatch out in early fall and run straight for the water. I was hoping to see them but they either hatched in the middle of the night or a snake got them.

News from the Vorlon Wife.