The parentals back yard is on the largish side as I mentioned. All sorts of wild beasties are in it. You may recall that they have raccoons.

Yesterday was a big day for seeing creatures.

Charlotte loves the garden because she bounces around like a thing possessed and barks and digs at anything that moves. A few months ago she was bitten by a copperhead and had to go to the vet. It hasn’t really slowed her down which was proven when she started barking at a little tiny snake yesterday. We think it was just a garter snake but we stayed away from it.

They also have moles. I’ve never seen a mole until yesterday when Charlotte ran into the garden threw something up into the air that I thought was one of her stuffed animal toys until I realized with horror that she was playing with a dead creature.

It was a little thing, four to six inches long with a down turned nose, you couldn’t see any eyes and little rat like paws.

I suspect if it was my garden, I wouldn’t feel so bad about it.

Late in the afternoon, I was sitting finishing reading the 2nd book that I brought, watching a cardinal hop around in the trees when Charlotte started going nuts barking at something at the rear fence. My mom went to investigate and discovered a little turtle about the size of my hand. We let it out in the wild area behind the back gate far from the dog.

We’re going to the beach today so if we see and or are eaten by sharks, I would not be completely surprised.

Trackback URL for this entry: http://travelingtreefrog.com/2008/08/17/wild-beasties-in-the-garden/trackback/