599. turtle tip-off


it’s like this:
just put one foot in front
of the other
*
ohh,
 the places you can go….
just go easy
*
well,
there’s time left, it’s not too late
just ramble on


(This was the third box turtle 🐢 I saw in less than a week, all three of them were just stopped in the middle of the path along my walk. Maybe they were trying to tell me something….)




600. sixes and sevens


he’s and she’s 
set for a walk in the woods
sunday strollers

 

(Yesterday was Sunday and on finishing my hike and walking back to my car, seven little dogs—four he’s and three she’s—were getting settled to go out on the trails for their Sunday stroll. I confess I never yearned to have a baby, but little puppies light up my eyes and smile my heart. I think it’s the dog in me….I was born in the Chinese Year of the Dog!)




598. never not


thick with leaves
dreaming of panda bears
bamboo

 

(I am never not surprised to see bamboo from China in the midst of all the trees in the Wissahickon Woods.  

Did you know that panda bears like to climb trees and can swim? They spend 10 to 16 hours a day eating, mostly bamboo—leaves, stems, shoots, even roots. And on average pandas poo 40 times a day!😳)