Tortoises

Mom and Dad got me a new sweater for Halloween. It is nice and toasty warm for these fall days.

Okay. I'm going after that witch this year and I'm ready to fly. Time to get the landing gear up.

If this was the great pumpkin that Linus VanPelt waits for on Halloween each year he really would be waiting a VERY long time.

Uffda! This is  one weird sweater. I don't know why I need a pretend helmet when my whole body is a helmet.

Don't worry about me. He ain't heavy. He's my brother.

We must be at Peak Turtle 'cuz this set of four Mountain Turtle figurines pays homage to some of the world's most famous mountains and volcanoes.

During the 1700s, stow-away hungry rats from a docking ship led to the depletion of the tortoise population on the Galapagos Island of Pinzon, Ecuador. These rats were successful in wiping out an entire species for over one-hundred years.

The turtle-shaped walled Chinese city of Yongtai is just a shell of its former self after standing guard against foreign invaders for 400 years.