Ajax, the African Sulcata tortoise finally moved up to the Clayton house.
Ajax enjoying some of Gooey’s hay
He dug right in to Gooey’s hay and then started exploring.
About 30 minutes after being turned loose Ajax had made it to the far side of the property.
It is amazing how fast these tortoises grow, Ajax is somewhere around 5 years old and is over 50 lbs. already! In the 2 years he had been at our other house he has totally excavated the entire back yard to an average depth of 18″ and dug one tunnel that extends at least 15′.
Originally Gooey fell in love with her igloo dog goat house, but lately she has decided she likes breakfast (and all other meals) in bed. Rather than go the bother of taking hay into her house she just relocated to sleeping in the feed bin.
I have been wanting bees but not like this! There is a hive inside the blockwall of the Clayton house and apparently they decided to swarm. Their first stop was the oleanders over the fence at The Fruity Chicken. My sweety, Karen, was a bit freaked out that we were all going to be assassinated by “killer” bees. That wasn’t to be though, by monday morning they had moved on for parts unknown.
The Fruity Chicken 
The swarm is fun news! People have a lot of fear about them, and beekeepers always seem excited by them. Probably best that they moved on though.
I want to become a beekeeper very much but haven’t quite got my Sweety on board with the idea yet.
I wish we could have bees! we had a swarm come land on our fence for a day and my kids thought it was fascinating. Too bad we don’t have enough space for them =(