This morning I woke up to my dad telling me to come over to the window in the hallway and look outside. Still groggy and a bit irritated, I stumbled over my piles of clothes and looked outside to please the man, (seeing as it is Father's Day). On my front lawn, there was this beastly creature laying her eggs in the dirt where my dad had been treating for grass to grow. Delighted by his discovery of this beast, my dad then told me to grab my camera and take some snapshots of this event. So I take my camera and take some shots of the turtle laying her eggs. About 3 hours later, she's done. The neighbors come outside, still dawing their pajamas, and bring their children to witness the departure of the creature we've come to call Beatrice.
So now, I have turtle eggs burried in my front yard by the roadside. This will not end well, my friends. Lawn mowers, tires, or predators will determine the fate of these turtles. My mother, however, has vowed to protect them -- from one mother to the next, if you will.