my babies are growing up so fast! haven't posted any pictures of my pet turtles since i got them last year at a festival in tsuru.
in an interesting phenomenon, it seems the female red eared slider outgrows the male by up to 50%. when it started happening i was really worried that the male (brave little percy) was sick or that the female (cranky bossy bitch gertrude) was hogging all the food. but i did some research and it appears all is exactly as it should be.
i have also done some research here on the top 30 most visited galleries of frangipani, and i am planning to delete everything not on that list. sadly the turtles gallery is one of "the rest" so this week is your last chance to check out my turtles before they disappear into the netherworld, alongside the rice harvest, the fire festival, churieto and the kimono dressing gallery, to name just a few.... (sorry to kathleen and j-ster for deleting your faves but it has to be...).
frangipani wrote this on June 1, 2004 2:41 AM
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Awwwwkkk!!! Darn... the kimono dressing photos were wonderful!!! Sniff, sniff, sniff! Well, I guess I shall recover...with the UNDERSTANDING from YOU that there are more gorgeous pics to come!!! Hmmm, I feel confident that my high standards and good taste shall prevail in your future shots! :>)
i should tell people too that percy and gertrude don't usually look like this - they are all scrunched up tight coz they're only just out of the water and very scared, uptight and cranky.... they actually have very long lovely necks and legs. gertrude actually tried to take a bite at me while i was taking these photos.
On June 1, 2004 12:26 PM,
j-ster said:
No, no, no,no,no,no,no,no,no, not churieto! Come on people, whats wromg with you? This is one of the best galleries!!!! Go and look at it!!!! The colours!!! The clear blue sky!!! The epic journey to the top of the mountain only to find...!perfection!...just waiting there for you! Do it on slideshow for the best effect, its almost a movie!!!!
(as for the fire festival, oh well, im hoping to go see that in person this year, so ill let that pass...)
aw, your turtles are precious! someone new just moved into my building and it turns out that they have a pet turtle that goes with them everywhere. it has a leash and everything! *sigh* i miss my iguana..
On June 3, 2004 12:54 AM,
Dixie said:
Hi Martine from Dixie!!
I really love your website and the turtles are awesome. Whenever I am homesick for Japan, I go to your website. Keep it up my friend.
Love Dixie
PS - Write to me on the address when you have time...
hey j. - yes i did know about this place - kevin @ bastich sent me some gorgeous pics of it when he did a shoot there for the japan photographers group a while back. must go and visit it. thanks for the reminder!
glad you all think the turtles rock. they are so very entertaining for me. easiest pets ever.
On June 5, 2004 10:50 AM,
David said:
Hi, I've been trying to ring you for the last couple of days but no luck. The web site is looking great. By the time I actually get to talk to you I'll know everything you've done in the last month. Do you have a land line yet?
Love David
