Painted Turtle

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There are both the Eastern and Western varieties of the picta....both are exquisitely colored with map like features...

I've handled both and had a picta picta for 2 years...feeding him mainly tadpoles...and he was voracious....What a beautiful subject for a poem...nice.

Thank you turtle...I enjoy painting these cuties....ladybugs and bears and deer, oh my!!!
Thanks for reading ;)

cute tl...enjoyed this.

strider

Thanks Strider ;)

I wouldn't color my pet's ...that's just silly!
I paint on rocks!I go "rock picking " and just paint different animals on them!I found a rock once that was in the exact shape of the Grinch's face...so that's what I painted on it!
Thanks for reading Gabriel :)

very cool write
and love the turtle rocks!!!

Thanks Deborahlee :)

adoreable piece...i want one lol :-)

Everyone I know has one...thank you BZ :)

Nice painting :) One passage in your piece can easily apply to many people:
"such a pretty
thing it's colors
are bright
 
not to be fooled
because it
will bite"

I like your fun side. I need to write funner material

Thank you so much!! ;)

Difficult to tell they were painted stones, the last verse threw me. (Heard of snapping turtles.)

Oh those little bastards bite....as for snapping turtles, I'm not about to pick one of those up and bring it home..no thanks!

reminds me of the little turtle that came by to visit my Dad in his mini pool for his dogies hahaha

Thanks Vman...I have mine in my gardens!