#turtle-shell — Public Fediverse posts

Strike

The phobia of a copperhead strike
is made real by the lunge of a
lawnmower into the brush to shred
the coiling orange and brown with
a screaming whump only to realize
that it was an eastern box turtle
I had set upon.

Once again what I am afraid of 
has led me to destroy what I love 
and I weep, wondering if I will ever 
become one whose perceived fears 
are not acted on.

I did not look to see if the 
slowmover was dead
but I knew. I could see the 
bloody pieces of her
shell scattered across
the lawn.

September 3, 1996

Strike

The phobia of a copperhead strike
is made real by the lunge of a
lawnmower into the brush to shred
the coiling orange and brown with
a screaming whump only to realize
that it was an eastern box turtle
I had set upon.

Once again what I am afraid of 
has led me to destroy what I love 
and I weep, wondering if I will ever 
become one whose perceived fears 
are not acted on.

I did not look to see if the 
slowmover was dead
but I knew. I could see the 
bloody pieces of her
shell scattered across
the lawn.

September 3, 1996

Strike

The phobia of a copperhead strike
is made real by the lunge of a
lawnmower into the brush to shred
the coiling orange and brown with
a screaming whump only to realize
that it was an eastern box turtle
I had set upon.

Once again what I am afraid of 
has led me to destroy what I love 
and I weep, wondering if I will ever 
become one whose perceived fears 
are not acted on.

I did not look to see if the 
slowmover was dead
but I knew. I could see the 
bloody pieces of her
shell scattered across
the lawn.

September 3, 1996

Strike

The phobia of a copperhead strike
is made real by the lunge of a
lawnmower into the brush to shred
the coiling orange and brown with
a screaming whump only to realize
that it was an eastern box turtle
I had set upon.

Once again what I am afraid of 
has led me to destroy what I love 
and I weep, wondering if I will ever 
become one whose perceived fears 
are not acted on.

I did not look to see if the 
slowmover was dead
but I knew. I could see the 
bloody pieces of her
shell scattered across
the lawn.

September 3, 1996

Strike

The phobia of a copperhead strike
is made real by the lunge of a
lawnmower into the brush to shred
the coiling orange and brown with
a screaming whump only to realize
that it was an eastern box turtle
I had set upon.

Once again what I am afraid of 
has led me to destroy what I love 
and I weep, wondering if I will ever 
become one whose perceived fears 
are not acted on.

I did not look to see if the 
slowmover was dead
but I knew. I could see the 
bloody pieces of her
shell scattered across
the lawn.

September 3, 1996

dawn at the house of the dragon turtle

#DragonTurtle #Fantasy #Cottage #Seaside #Ocean #Shoreline #Sunrise #Dawn #Whimsical #Shell #TurtleShell #Dragon
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion #Midjourney

on real things: https://aieris.art/featured/dawn-at-the-house-of-the-dragon-turtle-eris-and-ai.html

dawn at the house of the dragon turtle

#DragonTurtle #Fantasy #Cottage #Seaside #Ocean #Shoreline #Sunrise #Dawn #Whimsical #Shell #TurtleShell #Dragon
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion #Midjourney

on real things: https://aieris.art/featured/dawn-at-the-house-of-the-dragon-turtle-eris-and-ai.html

dawn at the house of the dragon turtle

#DragonTurtle #Fantasy #Cottage #Seaside #Ocean #Shoreline #Sunrise #Dawn #Whimsical #Shell #TurtleShell #Dragon
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion #Midjourney

on real things: https://aieris.art/featured/dawn-at-the-house-of-the-dragon-turtle-eris-and-ai.html

dawn at the house of the dragon turtle

#DragonTurtle #Fantasy #Cottage #Seaside #Ocean #Shoreline #Sunrise #Dawn #Whimsical #Shell #TurtleShell #Dragon
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion #Midjourney

on real things: https://aieris.art/featured/dawn-at-the-house-of-the-dragon-turtle-eris-and-ai.html

dawn at the house of the dragon turtle

#DragonTurtle #Fantasy #Cottage #Seaside #Ocean #Shoreline #Sunrise #Dawn #Whimsical #Shell #TurtleShell #Dragon
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion #Midjourney

on real things: https://aieris.art/featured/dawn-at-the-house-of-the-dragon-turtle-eris-and-ai.html

Fossil Discovery in Patagonia Reveals New Species of Horned Turtle

Paleontologists have identified a new species of meiolaniform turtle from northern Patagonia, Argentina, that lived during the Maastrichtian…
#NewsBeep #News #Science #Argentina #Carapace #Cretaceous #end-Cretaceousextinction #fossil #GB #LosAlamitosFormation #Meiolaniformes #Patagonia #Patagoniaemys #Patagoniaemysaeschyli #Shell #SouthAmerica #turtle #Turtleshell #UK #UnitedKingdom
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/631939/

A man heated a #turtleshell to flatten it in preparation for carving, then heated it again to bend it into a bracelet or arm band to wear on formal occasions. Other special arm bands were woven from #rattan and covered with shells

Box made of silver and turtle shell, India, 16th century AD

https://piefed.social/c/historyartifacts/p/1802869/box-made-of-silver-and-turtle-shell-india-16th-century-ad

Box made of silver and turtle shell, India, 16th century AD

Box made of silver and turtle shell, India, 16th century AD