The River Trail, The Pink Bathroom & Sydny (of course)

I've had several people ask to post a video showing our path to the river. It's starting to get covered in leaves ... just that time of year I guess .... but here's a little iPhone video walking up the hill from the river on the trail that you can't really see :)



And then there's the Pink Bathroom that we had on hold for a while. We're back at it and tackling the floor before finishing the cabinets/countertop (but we did buy the sink). I guess someone thought it was a good idea to put cheap tan shag carpet in the bathroom to help it sell .... WRONG! There's this very retro tile under the carpet so it seemed like a good idea to pull the carpet out. I think a few gallons of carpet adhesive was used to stick the carpet to the tile because it's a nightmare trying to get the carpet off and then there's this thick layer of glue stuck to the tile. We bought some adhesive remover which turns the glue into the consistency of 3 day old bubble gum. You know how hard that is to get off your shoe when you step on it? It's just plain icky! So here's some photos of our first day (today) of carpet removal.






Anyway .... Sydny gained 1 gram! She was 10 grams and she's now 11. She is however on a diet ..... she eats too many worms and needs to eat more vegies. It seems that if she eats too much then her body will grow faster than her shell .... so there's this important ratio to maintain. Lea built a frame to hold a combination heat bulb and UVB bulb. She needs the UVB to build and maintain her shell. Lea belongs to a "Box Turtle" forum and between the forum threads and live chat rooms, she's learning a lot about box turtle hatchlings. So here's some photos of Sydny's new housing arrangements. I think it's looking pretty cool!




Did you notice Sydny in the first photo .... she's sooooooo cute!