boing!

[woolymonkey]

Speedy is back up. He popped up this morning and I can see him still lumbering around the garden now.

He's never changed his mind to this extent before, but I should have known he wasn't properly down for the winter if I could still see the top of his shell and dug earth around him. When he really goes, he not only goes deep enough to be out of sight, he somehow smooths the ground behind him to hide the traces of digging. I'd love to know how he does that but I haven't a clue. I just know that the only way to spot where he's buried is to look for an area of suspiciously unlumpy soil. It's just about possible to spot if you know exactly where to look and it hasn't rained at all since he went.

I'll let you know when he finally decides it's bed time.

Comments

[lj_stowaway]

What an extraordinary creature he is!

[woolymonkey.livejournal.com]

That's what he says about us mammals!

[dorispossum.livejournal.com]

Am not at all surprised the poor critter's confused. Our outdoor pot-grown tomatoes and aubergines are all in flower again (normally they'd be compost by now) and still CROPPING(!), and there's lots of bees in garden still. Even a butterfly earlier this week. I do worry that the winter might come on all too suddenly, but hopefully Speedy will settle somewhere cosy first.

[woolymonkey.livejournal.com]

We've had good late tomatoes too. Sadly, the courgettes and cucumbers all succumbed to the first cold spell though--but that's on the allotment, which is quite exposed.

As for Speedy, see today's post!