great big globs of greasy grimy turtle guts

mutilated monkey meat
chopped up baby parakeet
great big globs of greasy grimy turtle guts
floating in my pink lemonade
and i forgot my spoon




TP was nowhere to be found so we took over as Turtle Patrol, Turtle Security and Turtle Defender. The first nest had 6 babies come out. It would seem they hatch and rise to the top in waves because there were tiny prints coming from both active nests. The second nest had 20 turtles emerge! TWENTY!! Do you know how nerve wracking it is to help 20 tiny turtles reach the shore in the dark. Actually, it's not so bad as they do all the work. Only three of them veered off track. But hoy crap, when they veer, they VEER man. SD tracked one little dude from the first nest that had hatched earlier. He tracked that shit Crocodile Dundee style and found him running parallel to the shoreline, heading towards Miami, about 50' away from the nest. After trying to turn him, SD just took him to the water's edge. Yes we held him. Yes I used flash photography. Whatever. You do the wrong thing, you are basically at our mercy since we are the ones saving your ass.

We also saw the tracks of a mother turtle. She came up the shore all slow and deliberate but then something must have scared her because she hauled ass back into the water. She came right up to the main 6th Street entrance so I'm assuming it was just about anything that can happen at the main entryway that spooked her.

I'll be back with more photos of this glorious baby turtle evening. Full moon and everything. Just wow. I flashed the hell out of some of them. I feel like a total jerk but the photos themselves are awesome enough to doubt this feeling of guilt. You'll see. Also, a hawk landed on the swing in my side yard and I got a decent picture of it. I don't know what's up with predatory fowl and my side yard swing but you won't hear me complaining.

THE BIKE. My bike looks SICK. More to come. CAN YOU STAND IT???