The Roadkill Mystery

On Monday this week The Cowboy and I had busy schedules during the morning, so we decided to walk in the late afternoon.  It was one of our wogging days, and we bumped up to a 90 second jog/2 minute walk for a total of 20 minutes.  (Can I just say that the additional 30 seconds of running were the longest 30 seconds of my life?!!!) Anyway, it left us pretty bushed as we ended the day...and started the next.

So on Tuesday, instead of walking first thing, we decided to make it fit into our day as we could.  The Cowboy ended up going to the park and doing his cardio there.  He actually managed to run a 1/2 mile without me!  Yay for him! (she said with a little selfish envy.)  I chose to dash out the door at 5:00ish to walk our long, rolling, obnoxiously hilly road, which I had not done this spring.  It was a tough workout, and I ended up really kicking it at the end, but even better--I had a few interesting sights along the way.

A nearby pasture with a pond and an abundance of fragrant honeysuckle. The fragrance alone made me stop.  It was heavenly.

This little sweetheart lives with a few other new calves up the road from me.  She came right up to the fence. Cows are curious creatures.  I was pretty amazed at how fearless she seemed to be!












The picture that is not here was the one I missed.  I realized later I would have to go back and get it.  It was, actually, roadkill...but interesting roadkill.  It was a HUGE snapping turtle that had lost the race across the road.  Shell cracked, snapping jaws wide open, feet splayed at full reach.  It was so cool!!! 

Late today I decided that I would go back down the road and add this picture to my collection.  But...it was GONE!  Other less interesting roadkill (a coyote...too fragrant) was of course still there.  But the turtle was gone!  Not in the ditch.  Not anywhere.  This begs the question...who would take this?  What would someone do with it? Good Lord.  What would someone do with it???  I shiver to think. Then again, who would go back to take a picture of the thing?