Say Hello to......

Two weeks ago, as I was taking a leisurely walk, I came across this little desert tortoise by the edge of the park. Fearing that her life would end either by riding lawnmower, automobile tire or intrigued toddler, I decided to take her to the safety of our backyard. Lauren and Jace were pleasantly surprised to see her sitting our our grass when they arrived home from school and hoped that they would finally be pet owners. After some research we concluded this tortoise to be a girl so we named her Ruby VonShellington. Now you would think that a small 6 inch desert tortoise would be easy enough to corral, but this girl is faster than you expect and hides in crazy places. Today she got out and wandered across the street- lucky I spotted her as I walked down to get the mail. We are still deciding if we want to keep her and build her a little home or if we should give her to a guy at Jason's work who has a few tortoises already.

Miss Ruby

It's hilarious to watch her climb up the paver

Jace and Ruby

She prefers the rocks to the grass

I guess we'll wait and see if Ruby becomes a permanent pet or just a practice run at pet ownership!