The Creatures of North Carolina

There are some pretty fun animals who have come to visit us here in NC. First visitor - and evil nemesis of our dog Max - Smokey the Cat. Smokey is very sweet and belongs to Molly's new friend Alex. Smokey also has a bit of a death-wish, as she keeps coming into our yard, up on our porch, taunting Max. Max chases Smokey. Smokey climbs the trees. Some day they will be friends...NOT.








Next up, TT the Turtle. Molly got TT from the lake near our house. TT was very cute. We did make sure she/he (who knows?) was not a snapping turtle, as they are mean critters. I was worried that TT would not last too long out of the wild. And when one of our neighbors told us that it really is illegal to keep wild turtles (though I don't think the turtle police were going to close us down any time soon), Molly agreed to send TT back to his/her friends at the lake.






Quacking up...over lake ducks. These guys came to visit us when Molly was fishing. I promised to bring them some bread on the next visit. How do they manage to stay in the water with all those mean snapping turtles?