Brian, that is a wonderful site on box turtles, I did see them there. There is a photo together of a 6 month ond a year old and a two year old. Three of these guys are a year old and the third could be and just has't got the yellow coloring yet since I had him inside this past month. Hard to believe they are so old for their size. I am planning on releasing them very soon. I hurt their habitant by pulling out weeds in the area I found them. I did have wild blackberries and was trying to get rid them too. It's hard to get rid of that so at least it is coming back, I already did have a tomato plant and some parsely and my blackberry plants there. I've added several strawberry plants, another tomato plant (as I have found they love them). I'm reading on the site about foods they like and would like any suggestions for plant life they eat. I am going to dig out some holes for them, add more leaf matter and some logs for shelter and a shallow body of water ( will keep it clean). Any other suggestions would be appreciated. I think tomorrow mornning will be their day. Dirtgirl, I think you are right. The musk turtle/stinkpot seems to describe them well. I found them in my garden pond and am sure I must have seen an adult once. Actually only the head of it, and it was very different than my sliders. She came to my pond on her and must have liked it. I found these two guys in one of my bog areas. I guess I will have to put up the 'leaf' net early this year so I can privide them protection. Thanks everyone for helping me to understand by your info and sites you sent me to. Education is the way to understanding. For these two types of turtles anyway I see they really need to grow up in their own enviroment. The yellow sliders though did great and are living happily in my pond. It only took a couple of months to get them to the size they could have a chance at life on their own.

I LOVE my Baby Turtle too, in my kitchen and piano room. Within view of it I have a BM Sulpher (Sulfer?) Yellow livingroom at 75%, and Palladian Blue ceilings, and a wall of floor to ceiling cabinets in Copley green which looks exactly like when I mixed half Baby Turtle and Half Palladian. So, while I really like it with cool colors ((My in-progress backsplash mosaic features the very same color tile with lots of other greens and turquoises, and I'm re-upholstering a 1950's loveseat in turquoise duck)) - BT also looks good with reds, so the hallway WAY across the room (going into DH's doorless office) is BM Cognac Snifter, which is a rich terra cotta. The 75% Sulphur Yellow works well with the Baby Turtle in my light. Sometimes they look very similar. They change in a passageway, so I can take a pic of them side by side if you like.

I'd have to say that of all the pics that I posted the only one that is reading off in the pic is the close up one of the desk where the color appears to be more like the pics of PeytonRoads. It's all in the light that your rm. will get and what colors you pair it w/. My rm. only has 1 window that gets the full mid morning early afternoon sun. The other big window overlooks a covered front porch so the rm. is never really 'flooded' w/ bright natural light. I have a lot of natural warm wood tones in my rm. including the heavy trim. My sofa is olive and my chairs dark leather. There isn't much bright white in my rm. other than the photo mats and lamp shades. While my rm. is never 'dark' it is always cozy. The one place that I always want to be when it is a dark, gloomy, rainy sort of day is in this rm. as I feel wrapped in it's warmth. My rm. is decorated more warm and dark as opposed to decorated bright and crisp and I think that really sets the tone for the color. For instance I bet if you took away PeytonRoads bright white trim and replaced it w/ a rich ivory or cream color the BT would totally change appearance.

Thanks so much ttodd. That was always my favorite room of yours. I love your pictures of Paris, my favorite city. My molding is bright white as are the double doors leading into my office. I still think I'll give it a try. At least paint a wall and see what it looks like. I can warm up the rest of the room. I have to say that I really miss my wood trim from my old house.