Garden Pic Wednesday: Critter Visitors!

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Today's Garden Pics are Critters that frequent my yard:

This is our Box Turtle friend who comes out when it's rainy and wet!
This is the one with such a beautiful colored shell! He (or she---I can't tell) really loves the watermelon rind we put out!



And this next shot is the Toad that likes sitting in this ceramic pot of Echeveria!
I put a yellow arrow pointing at it, since it's covered itself in the container soil so it looks the same color. The eyes give it away.




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