Gentle readers, I have news of an upcoming blessed event to share with you.

Do you know what THIS is???



Yes! A snail egg case! I think my really big snail was that way because zhe (they are herms, you know) was PREGNANT!

Oh, and by the way, Mike kind of Cuted the Vote in re snail name nominations, and the big one is now called Gary, after SpongeBob's pet snail. But we are going to be able to use ALL the suggested names, and then some, because there are...

SEVEN!

eggcases as of this morning. That first one on the front of the plastic waterfall base has been joined by three more, and there are other cases here and there around the pond itself.

I will probably have snails to share with my aquacultural friends this fall....