Showing posts with label turtles in the tank. Show all posts
Showing posts with label turtles in the tank. Show all posts

Thursday, September 20, 2012

The Upstairs And Downstairs of Timmy & Tui

Maggie's pawsability thought for the day:
"If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want."

Tui-above & Timmy below

  Maggie's turtles are the coolest. She loves to lay on her red & blue towel and just stare at them while they purposely stare back at her. Tui, the biggest turtle was a rescue turtle. He's lived with us for years. His shell is about 7 1/2" long. We've had Timmy since he was little. His shell back then was about 3-4" long. Now his shell is about 6" long. Tui & Timmy are the best of buddies. They share who gets the upstairs or downstairs in their tank. Sometimes they both go upstairs and pile on top of each other baking under the sun lamp. Sometimes they're both downstairs in the water. While Timmy & Tui might not be people they live the example of helping each other. Their mutual cooperation helps them get what they want too. Maggie loves watching them do the impossible. Timmy's acrobatic feats of getting on top of Tui while on the upstairs level is quite an act to see. It's like they are Cirque Du Soleil performers. They don't know they can't do it so, they just do it. When Maggie comes up close to the tank Timmy & Tui come to the glass to greet her. So it is, friends caring about friends.

Timmy getting on Tui


Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Maggie's Play Date With Herself

Maggie's pawsability thought for the day:
"Life is a song - sing it. Life is a game - play it. Life is a challenge - meet it. Life is a dream - realize it. Life is a sacrifice - offer it. Life is love - enjoy it."
Am I interrupting Maggie's privacy?

  I think the best gift I gave Maggie was teaching her how to play by herself. She fully embraced my teachings. Her toys are proof of her proficiency as they are littered all over the floor. Today's rough count of rope toys: 3 different ones are on ground. 1 rope is in her mouth. Elk antlers: 2 are on the ground. 1 Nylabone is behind my chair.

I've already thrown the tennis ball before the rope toys came out. Geez, I spoke too soon. Maggie now wants to play together. She has brought me the red squeaky ball! It's too early Maggie! SQUEAK SQUEAK SQUEAK! Ok, a few tosses of the ball and Maggie is happy. After the squeaky ball toss she brought her toys out by her buddies the turtles Timmy & Tui. They'll give her some privacy as they look down at her from their tank. She's safe to play by herself. The turtles don't have an iPhone to bug her with photo opportunities. Maggie agrees that life is a game-play it!