Okay, so it’s not disgustingly hot (actually quite pleasant!), but it still hasn’t rained, so today gets another desert name.

Since we’re in the desert (apparently), I had to make some box turtle oases. C gave me a couple of plastic tubs that were of no use for anything else, and after work, I dremeled/jigsawed/utility knifed them into shallow soaking pools.

One in Sarah-Flah’s Giant Flowerbed.

A bigger one over by the pond. I still need to put mulch or something around it. Had to take the photo at nearly dark because P and I went to the Convenient Care place so he could get 5 stitches in his finger, and a tetanus shot. I hope the trash pandas enjoyed their quartered watermelon.

I checked this morning and the big pool appeared unused, but the smaller one had a bit of dirt and small pieces of mulch in it, so I think perhaps Roxy is still hanging around and decided she needed a mani/pedi soak. We’ll see, but I’d love for her to stick around; she’s very cool, and anything that eats garden snails is my new best friend!