going nowhere fast today ..

as I was in the garden wondering about a bird or a flower today and taking both I have to tell you, I came across this weather beaten looking snail, now some of you I know will be looking at it and thinking what a tasty looking specimen, not me though !! I could not possibly consider this as an item of food. It did look as if it had been crawling in the undergrowth but if it stays on this bush the resident blackbird will surely nab it !! ... take care ... :)

mollusc / mollusc
any invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically having a calcareous shell of one, two or more pieces that wholly or partly enclose the soft, unsegmented body, including the chitons, snails, bivalves, squids, and octopuses.