Never saw this before..

Around six pm. the Lover decided to go pull those nasty weeds along the ponds. With it being so dry and these weeds are sucking the water up just as fast as the hot sun is. He spotted a turtle on the bank between the two ponds. He came and got me and our trusty camera.
This is my first time ever seeing a turtle lay eggs! Pictures below; click on the pic to enlarge. The whole experience was just AMAZING!!! Even though we were pretty close to her; she just kept right on agoing. After laying her eggs she back filled the hole. All of this in 38 minutes. Remember the ground is super hard. She had made mud by urinating and mixing with her back legs. Then moving in turtle motion she did her back fill and off into the smaller pond she went.
With some reading on the Painted Turtle I found out it will take 10-11 weeks for incubation; If prediators don't find the eggs first. Like raccoons, skunks, and oppossums. Just what we have every night visiting. So the Lover layed a steel plate with a cinder block on top so the eggs have a chance to hatch. Only time will tell. Please enjoy the pictures. Let me know what you think?