Eastern Box Turtle
Females can produce eggs up to 4 years after mating!
Friday, April 29, 2016
Tight Spaces
From the Neuzeit Tarot, the Five of Wands; from Rory's Story Cubes, Turtle:
It appears the Wand family have been packed into tight quarters. They look like the plants at Lowes; crammed so closely together, only the outer ones have the best room and light to grow. If in tight quarters with friends, family or co-workers, it's easy to step on each others' toes. Confined spaces make it apparent what you don't have in common, and how each person sees and does things differently from the next. It can be a chance to learn how to do things in a new way or how to see from a new perspective. But sometimes it is just suffocating. The Turtle cube looks like a photo my mom sent me of a box turtle in her yard. Every year she has them, as they travel away from their home base to lay their eggs. I get the pond sliders in my yard, traveling away from the pond. Turtle suggests - especially when we are doing something creative - we may occasionally need to find our own space to hang out in for a while.
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Chicken eggs are fertile for nine day. Never seen a turtle of any type here.
ReplyDeleteFemale box turtles have their own internal sperm bank. They have up to four years to decide whether or not it's a good time to use it. :)
DeleteWow, no turtles? I wonder why. Maybe the terrain?
Ah to be like a turtle: always carrying you own sanctuary with you so you can retreat whenever you want to. There it is always quiet and never crowded. this is how the Hermit of the Wild Unknown must feel. :)
ReplyDeleteThe trick is remembering to pop back out every now and then. :)
DeleteThe turtles are just about to get on the move here, usually first week of May or so. I have to pull my car over and help them cross the road. I live close to a really busy street that the turtles have to cross. There are lots of little ponds in this area and turtles don't do highways very well.
ReplyDeleteYou reminded me of a kid's book called "The Turtle Saver." It goes through how one kind deed (moving a turtle off the road) ends up being the cause of many other happenings - the final one being a very good thing!
DeleteOh boy some of my best and most important lessons I gleaned from having to share tight spaces. I think I found out what I was made of and learned to be compassionate toward others who are different from me, even if I don't much like them!
ReplyDeleteEspecially as an artist, I know I am so grateful I have lots of space, privacy and solitude. But I know too if it's ever necessary, I can share a tight space. Just not something I'd want to do as it's not so conducive to my own creativity.
Love the Wand family!
Those tight spaces can be great teachers. :) But I'm with you - when I'm doing something creative, I prefer solitude!
DeleteYa! It's like get out of my space and out of my face!;)
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