My blog reached the half-million hits mark today.
Thanks to everyone for visiting my site…and for leaving comments. That’s what makes writing a blog worthwhile.
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Anyways, would you like to see some pictures of our pet turtle?
I think she’s cute.
What kind of pet do you have?
Jim at MoIppai
July 22, 2010 at 12:59 pm
Congratulations! I wish my blog got anywhere near that amount
Very cute turtle too. I have a pet budgie.
Jim
tokyo5
July 22, 2010 at 1:06 pm
>Congratulations!
Thanks. Please continue to visit and comment on my blog.
>I have a pet budgie.
Is that a parakeet (セキセイインコ)?
What color is it?
Jim at MoIppai
July 22, 2010 at 1:18 pm
Yeah, he’s a little yellow インコ (parakeet).
tokyo5
July 22, 2010 at 1:48 pm
By the way, I just wrote a comment on your blog…here
Jim at MoIppai
July 22, 2010 at 2:21 pm
I just saw that, thanks! And thanks for joining my site too.
tokyo5
July 23, 2010 at 12:58 am
>I just saw that, thanks!
Sure. I look forward to your reply.
Earnest Mercer
July 22, 2010 at 8:55 pm
My wife and I spend summers at a cabin atop a mountain in Virginia. Every year a tiny (less than two-inch) Eastern Brown Bad shows up at the cabin about the same time as we do. During the day, he (we think) hangs (upside down, of course) from a spot beneath the eave just outside our kitchen. When we speak to the fuzzy little guy, he cocks an eye open for a few seconds, and then goes back to sleep until dark when he attacks flying insects. He’s fuzzy, ugly and certainly not a pet in the strictest sense–no petting here! But, we’d be very disappointed if he didn’t show up every year.
tokyo5
July 23, 2010 at 1:05 am
What’s an “Eastern Brown Bad”?
>we’d be very disappointed if he didn’t show up every year.
Almost like a pet.
Mom
July 23, 2010 at 8:50 am
Hi, your pet turtle is very cute! what is her/his name? and what is the little white sac hanging from her side in the 3rd photo from the top? is she pregnant? tks for sharing the photos! love Mom
tokyo5
July 23, 2010 at 11:56 pm
>Hi, your pet turtle is very cute! what is her/his name?
Thanks. Her name is 「ルンルン」 (“Roon-Roon“)…hard to explain, but it’s kinda a play on words from a Japanese cartoon character.
>what is the little white sac hanging from her side
It’s fat. In the summer she eats a lot because she hibernates in the winter.
Mom
July 23, 2010 at 8:51 am
btw, you have had a huge number of visitors!
tokyo5
July 23, 2010 at 11:58 pm
Yes, that’s the only reason I continue to work hard on this blog.
metalodyssey
July 25, 2010 at 10:48 am
Whoa… those are some “hits” your blog gets! Congrats. We have a family member named Toby… he is a cat that will turn 3 years old this Fall. The only thing is, Toby “thinks” he is a dog. Every mannerism that a dog has, Toby has. He even tries to bark, the poor dude.
That turtle is cute… for a turtle. Is that a breed that can live up to 150 years? Or more?
Stone
tokyo5
July 25, 2010 at 6:05 pm
A cat that thinks it’s a dog!? I’d like to see that.
My turtle is an Asian breed that has a life expectancy of about 30 years.
It’s tortoises, I believe, that outlive humans.
bartman905
July 27, 2010 at 5:41 am
Let me also add my congratulations to another milestone as a long time reader of your blog. Best wishes.
tokyo5
July 27, 2010 at 10:07 am
Thanks. I hope you continue to visit my blog for a long time. I always enjoy your comments on my posts.
RattRocker
August 10, 2010 at 1:40 pm
Wow, nice turtle, I am currently baby-sitting my friend’s tortise (I don’t think that is how it is spelled) and it walks all over the backyard, I also have a fish tank, I have had many hampsters, but I haven’t gotten a new one, I want a dog though
tokyo5
August 11, 2010 at 12:54 am
>Wow, nice turtle
Thanks.
If you got a dog, what kind would you want?
tokyo5
October 29, 2010 at 6:45 pm
>It reached the half-million mark today.
My blog got the 600,000th visitor yesterday.
Thanks.
christopherduffy2001@yahoo.com
May 12, 2011 at 10:43 pm
She looks so proud stretching out her long neck! Beautiful!!!
tokyo5
May 12, 2011 at 11:26 pm
Thanks, Chris.
>She looks so proud
Yeah, she has a lot of personality!
Novroz
October 31, 2011 at 11:12 pm
可愛い!!!!
What kind of turtle is she??
I have 2 turtles and they are the cutest turtles in the world…well at least according to me
tokyo5
October 31, 2011 at 11:25 pm
>可愛い!!!! (“Cute!!!!”)
Thanks.
>What kind of turtle is she??
クサガメ (Japanese Pond Turtle). A very calm, friendly turtle species.
>I have 2 turtles and they are the cutest turtles in the world
They are cute. I was surprised you named one of them the Japanese word for “turtle”…”Ka-me-chan“—cute name.
Novroz
November 1, 2011 at 12:03 am
She is really cute…you make me want to have one. I bet Kame and Kroten won’t mind having a new sister
My students think it was weird to name both turtle as turtle in other languages…glad you think it’s cute.
tokyo5
November 1, 2011 at 11:49 pm
>She is really cute…
Thank you. I think so, too.
>you make me want to have one.
I recommend it.
They are a very friendly turtle…they make excellent pets.