Lady Snapper

I stepped out the door one morning about three months ago and caught this shot of one of my yearly visitors. They have been coming to visit our gardens for the past seventy-five years. They love to lay their eggs in a sunny spot in the soft sand surrounding the gardens. When the eggs hatch I gather up the babies and carry them down to the lake to release them. Some folks don't care for snapping turtles but I always say that everyone has to make a living -- even the lonely, lowly snapper.
Walt