Turtle Island

Locally, people call it Turtle Island but on the maps its official

name, Timber Cove Island, is used. No one uses the official name. But

no one knows why it's called Turtle Island either, though they say

that from above it looks like a turtle. (But *who* had planes or

drones to see it from above back when it was named?) It is no longer

a true island and we walked over the rocky neck to get on it. Someone

kindly put a picnic table there some years ago.



Ten of us were there this afternoon for a walk and a meal at two

friends' house. This is some of us and one of the dogs. You can tell

how warm it was -- about ten degrees Celcius (50 F), fairly typical of

this month. Good temperature for a walk.