Olive Meets Zoë

Here we are: at the meeting spot for tortoises. When Olive met Zoë the Manor was abuzzin' with anticipation. Now if we can only get Olive to stay awake longer than ten minutes at a time we may get some hobnobbing. Why do tortoises hibernate anyway? Strange stuff. More on that later but for now two more photos of the new kid on the Manor-block!

World Turtle Day

Today is World Turtle Day. World Turtle Day began on May 23, 2000. It was initiated by the American Tortoise Rescue out of Malibu, California. They do all sorts of good things to aid the rescuing of displaced and unwanted tortoises and turtles in the U.S.A. My feathered hat goes off to all the good folks at the American Tortoise Rescue and to the kind and generous people everywhere who help all kinds of critters in need. You guys rock!

To celebrate this beautiful day I would like to introduce to everyone Zoë. Zoë is a Red Footed Tortoise. She was a wedding present from Dani to Luis. She has been living here since July of 2003- Just a few months before I appeared on the scene. I will go into more about Zoë later in another entry but for now here are some pictures of Zoë:

  

And of course it would not be World Turtle Day without some pictures of Texas:

  

Learn more about World Turlte Day by clicking on these links:

American Tortoise Rescue
The Humane Society of the U.S.A.