Put on a Happy Face

This is a Burmese Roofed Turtle. I know this only because the company that makes the peanut sauce I use, A Taste of Thai, promotes conservation of Burmese Roofed Turtles (among others).

I’ve always been fond of turtles. Can’t say why. Even had a toy Steiff turtle as a youngster (as well as wild turtles I shouldn’t have had).

Neither of these turtles have to think about smiling—they’re just made that way. And they make me smile back.

If you need a lift today, take another look at these reptile faces and see if your own mug doesn’t start to mirror their grins.