A lazy hot Sunday afternoon!

Have you ever seen a wild Tortoise yawn on a hot day? Let me show you!

I posted the first 3 photos of the tortoise on my facebook page last year, but as I rummaged in the memory box, I decided that they are so cute that I would also show them to you.
All of the rest are current photos and they tell of how animals cope with hot afternoons.
Here's some Sunday siestas!

Can you imagine how hot it gets in his mobile shell home?

Yaaaawn! He yawned so wide that I could almost see his tonsils!

Now for some other views of sleepy animals!

This squirrel has found a cool spot in a nut tree!

A guinea fowl enjoys a nap in a hole that she dug!

This lady is having an ecstatic neck massage!

And the babies are nodding off in the late afternoon sun!

Here's a picture of pure cuteness!

Even the flowers struggle to keep their heads up in the hot afternoon sun!

I think most of us know that lethargic late Sunday afternoon feeling. Especially after lunch when the stomach is full and it makes the eyes to droop. Years ago the Sunday afternoon sleep was an institution by the elders and children were banished to their rooms for the afternoon. Fortunately my bedroom had a slider window and I regularly un-banished myself by slipping through the window. Until my mom found out and after a hiding she had the window wired up.
That was the start of my intense reading years.
Today, so many years later I still never sleep in the day. (Only because I am hyper active)

But here nature teaches us that an afternoon sleep is good for one. The animals are all fit and healthy and they perform at optimum simply because they rest often. Some of us are too busy to rest and sooner or later the bodies say that they have had enough. Once fit as a fiddle, all kinds of ailments start to materialize. Flu, chest or some other pains, one or another form of ailment start to become a constant companion. Rest is a prerequisite in order to maintain a healthy body. So sad that I am only starting to slow down now. The damage is done!
Think about it!

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