What a gorgeous day! We spent most of it outside at the park on the lake, me with a book ('Conan the Conqueror, ' if anyone was bothered,) the Owlvark with his paints, and both of us soaking up the sun and breeze. On our way there we found a baby painted turtle on a median strip in the mall parking lot- how it got there is open to conjecture; we thought perhaps a crow or seagull dropped it, since we couldn't see him climbing the six-inch concrete edging on his own. We let him loose on the lake edge under some cover, after we got some pictures first, because he was *adorable!*
The Owlvark got a watercolor done, and I finished my book, and we ate chocolate and snuggled and had a ridiculously good time, and since the weather's supposed to be good again tomorrow, we figure we'll pack a picnic lunch, put our futon out to bake in the sun (we hang it over some chairs on downstairs' concrete half-court, and it really does perk up when it's baked) and go back to the lake again. We might even go wading- it's still a little cold to swim, as some college kids found out the hard way today #snickers# but it was certainly hot enough to do some wading. Maybe we'll see the turtle :)