Hi Friends,
Well, if you followed me for a while now, you know I have multiple sections of gardens around our home. Loads of work but OH so rewarding.
My story is a cute and short one. I had taken pictures of a few of our natural residents last year so you know we have big frogs around the two ponds. (Same photos attached for reference). So this year, while preparing the gardens I ran across the one from the back garden and have kept an eye on it, sort to see where it stays and what the pattern is just out of curiosity, right?
So jumping to my point here, a few mornings early June, I would do my routine watering starting at the back moving on to the front of the house on a daily basis, I walked by the pond and saw the frog jumping up and down in the water frightening all of the fish in there. So I observed it for a few minutes before deciding to do the following:
To me, it seemed like it was trying to tell me "I can't get out", which the water level was somewhat lower than usual, as I fill up the missing water once a week and that day was the day for a refill. So I looked around for something to help her out of the pond so I found a dust pan on a long stick perfect to accommodate my fishing her out of the water. I saw it going around the dust pan and she came back for the front of it and sat nicely in the middle of it, which when I saw the look of it, I couldn't help laughing out loud at her participating in her rescue this way. So I pulled her gently out of the water and slowly deposited the dust pan near my honeysuckle bush. She stayed there for a good hour before making a disappearing act for the rest of the day. That was so funny to me. (see below photos shared in June 2012)
In Conclusion:
The next morning I got out and sure enough she (it) was going around the pond like a crazy frog trying to get my attention once again. LOL so you know the rest of the story, yes, I have been a sucker and continued to pick her out of the pond each day she is there for an early morning swim LOL She sometimes gets out without our assistance as well. I am happy she is not totally dependant on our picking her out on a daily basis.
Very soon there is a card share...I feel rusted in my Typepad world, it feels as if I have been away for 6 months. I am sure I will pick it back up like I have posted every day of my life hee hee.