{"id":10589,"date":"2012-05-05T22:57:56","date_gmt":"2012-05-06T03:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=10589"},"modified":"2012-05-06T07:31:18","modified_gmt":"2012-05-06T12:31:18","slug":"turtles-inspire-dreams-at-wareham-free-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=10589","title":{"rendered":"Turtles Inspire Dreams at Wareham Free Library"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Turtles\u00c2\u00a0Create Wonder<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Traycie gets up close and personal with a baby painted turtle\u00c2\u00a0during the “Turtles Gone Wild” extravaganza at the Wareham Free Library on Thursday evening, May 3rd.<\/p>\n

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Don Lewis — The Turtleguy<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Families, friends, neighbors, conservationists, naturalists and curious guests filled seats set up and arranged in advance by staff of the library, Mass Audubon and Wareham Lands Trust; all sponsors of the event.<\/p>\n

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“Turtles Gone Wild” Preview\u00c2\u00a0@ Wareham Free Library\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The Turtle Journal Team played to a full and eager house of kids of all ages.\u00c2\u00a0 As with all\u00c2\u00a0Turtle Journal\u00c2\u00a0presentations, the real excitement of the night was driven by the chance for people to engage with nature virtually through captivating imagery and physically through the presence of live specimens … in moments that can only be termed as “transformational.”<\/p>\n

What is it that turtles do?<\/p>\n

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Turtles Stir Awe<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Turtles\u00c2\u00a0Bring Families Together<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Turtles\u00c2\u00a0Spark Surprise<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Turtles\u00c2\u00a0Offer Peaceful Reflection<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Turtles\u00c2\u00a0Make Lifelong Friends<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Turtles\u00c2\u00a0Inspire Dreams<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Turtles\u00c2\u00a0Spur Discovery<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Turtles\u00c2\u00a0Build Community<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

And, yes; turtles build communities.\u00c2\u00a0 When these special critters are discovered, neighbors come together first to learn about them, then to save their very own local species.\u00c2\u00a0 In that simple act, communities are formed and strengthened, and a conservation ethos\u00c2\u00a0ensures a more natural neighborhood.\u00c2\u00a0 Pictured immediately above\u00c2\u00a0is Cat Honkenen who has been documenting the endangered Northern Red-Bellied Cooter that she discovered in her local pond; see Endangered Red-Bellied Cooters Emerge in Wareham<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 She and her neighbors are now organizing to identify and protect nesting locations, and to ensure their local population is preserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Turtles\u00c2\u00a0Create Wonder Traycie gets up close and personal with a baby painted turtle\u00c2\u00a0during the “Turtles Gone Wild” extravaganza at the Wareham Free Library on Thursday evening, May 3rd. Don Lewis — The Turtleguy Families, friends, neighbors, conservationists, naturalists and curious guests filled seats set up and arranged in advance by staff of the library, Mass […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[23],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10589"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10589"}],"version-history":[{"count":41,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10651,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10589\/revisions\/10651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}