[Turtle]

It's been a soggy week over here, except for a few drier moments. Dodging the rain clouds, hubby and I drove over to Esquesing Conservation area for the first time in many a year. I was struck by the noise of the gravel pit next door, and all the dust from the gravel hauling trucks. But once inside the woods itself, it was blessedly peaceful. The damage from last winter's ice storm was everywhere to be seen along with a few mushies. I had planned to get down a la davemac, but decided against it once a saw the snake! Just a wee fellow (a garter snake, quite harmless) but still a snake!