Today the youngest took the turtles out of the pond and turned them loose in their enclosure so they could check it out, and hopefully figure out they are no longer in a aquarium.
I enjoyed watching them scamper over the rocks, sunning themselves, and playing in the leaves. One guy didn't want anything to do with being out of the water and jumped back in. One of the peninsula cooters was really enjoying the sun. He sat teetering on the edge of the pond for a long time. He was catching bugs. We decided to name him "Buggy" since we had not named him. He is adopted, along with his cousin. The lady we adopted them from had named them Chomper and Little Foot, only she did not tell us which was which. We have been trying to think of new names for them because the ones she gave them did not seem to fit them.
I was truly fascinated by the goldfish in the hour or so that I sat enjoying the pond and supervising the boys in their chores. The goldfish all faced west, not really swimming, just treading water and facing west. A turtle would swim by once in a while and mess up the formation, but as soon as the water settled, the fish started facing west again. (The youngest did notice that some of the gray goldfish were not facing west, but almost every single orange one was facing west. What is that all about?
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