{"id":516,"date":"2007-04-02T05:54:55","date_gmt":"2007-04-02T09:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2007\/04\/02\/my-turtles-have-adopted-me\/"},"modified":"2010-10-03T23:21:58","modified_gmt":"2010-10-04T03:21:58","slug":"my-turtles-have-adopted-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2007\/04\/02\/my-turtles-have-adopted-me\/","title":{"rendered":"My turtles have adopted me"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>Yesterday I was sitting at my desktop computer, minding my own business as  I worked and I felt eyes staring at me. No it wasn&#8217;t my elderly neighbor peeking at me from her dining room window this time.<\/p>\n<p>It was my box turtles!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dragonden\/238872780\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dragonden\/238872780\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/95\/238872780_a30a8482a0.jpg\" alt=\"closeupmyrtle\" height=\"303\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"912745ff53504cd4aef8ff3ef7b9aa95\" data-index=\"4\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* gardengrows_inpost_250x250 *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3539326774\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<!--CusAds-->\n<p>They often watch me as I work on the computer.  Well, Spaz, the male <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reptilelogic.com\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\">box turtle<\/a> is absolutely in love with Myrtle the female box turtles so he mostly stares at Myrtle.  Myrtle on the other hand stares at me.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m starting to wonder if they think I&#8217;m a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amphibiancare.reptilelogic.com\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\">turtle<\/a> too?   I mean when I&#8217;m working away on the computer I don&#8217;t move all that much more than they do.  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