An Unexpected Surprise

This canteloupe had been hanging from its vine, growing on the little trellis quietly for some weeks now. I've been watching it, but not really expecting to get anything from the canteloupe vines. The vine in the middle died and was pulled out...the little melon growing on it had fallen off and was eaten by birds and squirrels. I figured the other two vines would come out soon. But this morning when I was taking pictures of the boxes to update the blog, I found this melon had fallen off of the vine. I picked it up...it was heavy. I smelled it, it smelled like a canteloupe. The rind is yellow...could it be a perfectly ripe canteloupe??? We'll cut it later and post the results.