Tortoise.

This weekend was spent in Carmel Valley hanging with Cousin Russ and Kyra in their new home. Felt like the perfect bed/breakfast getaway from the hurley burly of the suburbs.

We also managed to pick up an African Sulcata tortoise along the way, while shopping at the Hacienda Feed store.

Yea, you heard me. We picked up a pet who will likely live longer than us, weigh over 100lbs, and loves to pick fights with other tortoises by knocking them over. Apparently they make good lawn mowers, so we've got that going for us. Which is nice.

The upside of hanging at the feed store was seeing what a Bantam-sized chicken actually looks like...and whadya know? They're actually miniaturized chickens! Crazy.

It's like Nature's version of "Honey I Shrunk the Chickens But Not By Much". Another upside is after doing some comparisons it looks like I might only have 1 rooster instead of 3. Still can't be certain, but as in all things, time will tell.

Or should that be Time?

Pictures of all of our pets will, hopefully, be posted soon. As soon as someone develops a camera that auto-posts to the web, instead of just letting the pictures languish in obscurity on my SD card. Got some great pix on those SD cards! Just...can't...make...time...to...post...ugh.