Last weekend my daughter and I got to meet the sweetest and coolest animal: a tortoise, Aladar!

My former assistant Victoria, whose parents live right down the street from us recently acquired a 2-3 year old tortoise. It’s hard to determine his age since he was raised in captivity and uncertain of his age.

Aladar was a treasure to meet! Victoria gave me some states on Aladar, he can feel your touch through his shell and he loves eating flowers, especially RED flowers. He loves to dig and eat all the grass. My daughter Tallulah was so excited and thrilled to meet a new animal. She gently pet him and fed him some flowers.

When I met Aladar i looked into his eyes and when I tell you there was a knowingness in him, this ancient beauty in his face, it was there. This is what I love about animals is the communication with them is layered and deep. It’s all about body language with animals. They will tell you if they like you just by their stance.

Aladar was very busy eating and moving around. He was quite gentle and even gets along with the dogs that live on their property.

Tallulah really enjoyed feeding Aladar and petting him.

What a treat! The more I get to know various animals and how they interact the more I’m informed about my own humanity. Whenever you get a chance to interact with new animals safely I suggest you do, their wisdom is nourishing.