Summertime Creature Encounters at Ye Olde Retention Pond

Here are a couple of pictures from our encounters with animals found in, or around, the retention pond behind our house. We got full-bore into fishing this year, and while the fish below was NOT caught by one of us, it was caught by one of our neighbors who allowed Jack to reel him in.

These next few pictures are of a turtle that we found hanging out in the shoreline grass one morning. I decided to pick him up and let the boys check him out for a bit before we returned him to his home.

Also, I realize, now, that these recent updates are going to show up pretty out-of-order...one of the downfalls of the Blogger set-up: when you actually create the posts is the order in which they appear, regardless of the order in which you edit and finally publish them. Oh well, I'm hoping the content is descriptive enough for everyone to get the proper chronology of the events...guess that just means you'll have to read a bit more carefully!

(K)