turtles takeover runway

spottted on yahoo! (AOL via huffington post) apparently turtles on the runway caused flight delays at JFK. trying to catch a flight? no, laying eggs. gotta love 'em. now follow them on twitter @JFKTurtles.

chihuahua turtle rider

spotted on yahoo!  video of this cute wee dog riding an african spurred tortoise. watch. everyone wants to ride a turtle. even a chihuahua.

turtle in a cup

spotted on notcot.org (via inhabitat.com). the turtle cup is one of three designed by Esin Arsan that reveal an endangered animal when the unglazed portion of the cup (in the shape of the animal) is stained by coffee or tea. cool.

riding tea time turtle

spotted on ebay while i was looking for something else. this turtle riding is more popular than i suspected.  did you know that strawberry shortcake had a little friend named apple dumplin' and that little friend had a turtle friend called tea time? i only knew about her friend orange blossom because  i received a doll as a christmas present circa 1984 from some well-meaning, uninformed relative. seriously. it never occurred to anybody that a girl would be into the a-team or transformers?

tortoise and general store

spotted at tortoise general store (there is also a store down the street called tortoise) . the website not the actual store. the store's in LA (well, Venice). it has pretty cool gear all from japan. i don't know that the iron tortoise looks so much like a tortoise but the grater is awesome. the home page says that they're donating part of sales 'til the end of the month to japan relief. i don't know if that's last month or this month.

pocket monsters

spotted on ffffound (quoted from supersonic electronic). lovely illustration by olly moss. love that name. really takes me back to 1999.

mechturtle

spotted on notcot.org. by diego dutto. looks fast and mean (in a good way). but why no hind legs? or would that be flippers? more turtles (including a pink one) and other nice stuff on his website.

flora and fauna

spotted on ffffound. a lovely drawing by tara tucker. more.

turtle princess

spotted on adventure time with finn and jake on cartoon network. awesome. and yes, i know i'm not 8 years old. eight year olds don't know how funny this show is. everything you want to know about turtle princess is here.

plush!

spotted on vinylpulse. sneak peek of toroise and the hares playset made by mariangela tan. they will appear in an upcoming plush show, soft* @myplasticheart NYC. super cute and love the wheels.

turtle bread

spotted in my email. well, spotted in SF by jeremy. super cute but i'm not sure about the price.

turtle rider again

spotted on ffffound. a real kid riding a real turtle. it looks like fun for the kid. not so sure about the turtle.