We finally got Mama to help us blog again. She's so darn busy outside working with her flower gardens. She wants to get everything done in the gardens before our hot summer weather hits here in Iowa. When it's that hot, she can't work in the gardens, it makes her too sick. Plus she shouldn't be in the sun much when it's real hot either. She went to the skin dogtor on Monday & a few weeks previously & had several lumps & things taken off her skin. One patch had the pre-C word mentioned, yikes! Today she got the official word on the other lumps & NO C-word. So we were happy about that.
We were doing walkies around the pond yesterday & look what we found sitting on a rock along the smaller pond edge:
Yep, an ugly mean young Snapping Turtle. They are pretty mean turtles. They will eat our koi fish, tear up our waterlilies, etc.
So Mama caught him in the big fish net and had Papa take him down to the dead end of our road & plop him into the river. Now our koi are safe again!
Here are a few of the koi swimming:
And we are happy to report that the 6 young koi that Mama bought last year, Asta, Agatha, Archie, Maggie, Scruffy & Pearl are ALL alive & well. They made it through winter & survived that mean mink that stole Koi Cookie. We are also seeing baby koi that were born in the pond last year. They are now about 3-4 inches long and starting to swim around with the large koi. In a few months we should be able to start naming some of those young koi. We still have our list of pal names that signed up to have a koi named after them. So once we match a name to a koi, we'll let you know.
Wirey Hugs,
Butchy, Snickers, Ruby, Sylvester & Scuby
18 comments:
wooohooowooohooo...I am firstest!
Miss Snickers My Love...let Butcho deal with that old snapping turtle fella! You are much too delicate and bootiful.
We are glad mama got good news from the skin dogtor...pre C is better than Big C by a mile
gussie d
That is one really ugly turtle - glad Dad took care of it. Our human brother that lives in California had a bad raccoon or some animal come in at night and steal their koi too. Your koi pond is very lovely.
Tail wags, the OP Pack
Hi, friends!
Sure is great news from the skin dogtor!
I hope your mom is doing well!
Glad you got rid of that mean turtle.
I will be waiting to meet the new kois!
Take care
Kisses and hugs
Lorenz
First of all we are so glad your mamma is ok. Those sun cancer thingies can be very bad.
Secondly...eeeep how ugly is that turtle. Your daddy did a very good thing taking it to a new location. Now it has a new home and all the koi are safe.
Lastly....hmmm Koi Noah....has a nice ring hehehe.
Have a great weekend pals.
tailwags
Noah
Dawling ButchyLove and sweet Snickews
I'm so glad you caught that snappy tuwtle and put him somewhewe whewe he can't huwt the koi.
What gweat news about all the Koi kids making it thwough the wintew..I can't wait to see Koi Asta.
The pond is looking wondewful.
Mommi had that pwe-C thing on hew nosey yeaws ago, and they made a big hole in hew nosey, and she fweeked and thought she might have to get a loawge diamond ow something to fill it, but guess what. It eventooally closed up and looks Ok again and she didn't get C fwom it. so thewe.
I hope youw Mama will be just pawfect too
smoochie kisses
ASTA
Good job you found the turtle before he made a meal out of the fish.
Simba and Jazzi xx
We are so happy to hear that koiMaggie is thriving!
We haven't seen any snapping turtles yet and mom says now that you've gone and mentioned them, we probably will! We do the same thing - relocate them and then we get ice cream! yeaaaaaaaaa
Did you guys get ice cream?
Love ya lots,
Maggie and Mitch
Crcikey. Your bloggie is scary today. Poor mama, I'm so happy she is ok. Make sure she uses lots of sunblock Butchy.
Then that Turtle with the ugly mug. Eww. Thank dog he didn't hurt the Koi.Can't wait to see Asta, Aggie Archie Scruffy and Pearl Koi again.
Wiry loves and kissies, Eric xxxx
Now Butchy...I could PRETEND to ask that ugly old snapper on a date....you two could cook up some turtle soup outta him??????
We're so glad that the bumpies that your mama got taken off were all ok....I do have a special smoothie recipe that you can either drink or apply externally for sunblock....orange flavored....
Barkin' at ya dogs, kitties, koi etc!!!
Love to all, but 'specially you Butchy...
Laciegirlie and the other stinky boyz.....
That snapping turtle looks SCARY. NOT the kind of thing a foxy nose would want to grab. We're glad no one was snapped before he got relocated.
And how cool is that? Baby Koi! If our pond wasn't so muddy and there weren't so many cattails surrounding it so we can't get to the edge, we'd get some koi of our own for it! We love to see yours swimming!
Do YOU swim in the pond? Are you water dogs?
Dreaming,
Jake and Fergi
Pee eSs We're glad your mommy got good news from the doctor about the scary skin places. Cover up!
Whew a lot of action in this post. We are glad your Mama is ok.. and that turtle is SCARY looking... And I have to go run and tell Archie Koi Archie is ok.. He has been SICK with worry about Koi Arch. I think he is going to want to send him a present( what can I say...it's Archie) Love and kisses A+A
Oh, please remind your sweet Mom to stay out of the sun! Our Dad has had several horrible operations over the last few years, and he went through a really rough treatment of chemo last year, all due to skin cancer!
Pee Ess: It was nice of your beans to release that bad turtle into the river:)
hi fluffers! it's good to see your koi again. we have missed them!
we hope your mom isn't working too hard, but we understand how that yard is. there is always so much to do. we hope you kiddos are helping out too.
woofs.
Woozers! Thats a big turtle.. my mom used to see them growing up in Virginia and they sure are creepy. I'm glad your dad released it into a river... should be happier there
Woof,
Ralph
pee-s- show us some pictures of your mom's pretty flowers!
I sure am glad you got that nasty meany turtle out of there!! Mom just read a book called The Oxford Project about Oxford Iowa. You near there??
Man, those snappers can be dangerous!! One broke our uncles oar off mannnnny years ago in PA!! XX-BabyRD & Hootie
Thank goodness you spotted that snapping turtle. He looked really mean and mmody. How did he get in your pond?
That is excellent news your Mummy is free from that nasty C word. Make sure she doesn't stay out in the sun for too long.
MOlly and Taffy
that turtle looks pretty scary
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