Maternal Pride

June 10, 2008
By earthwoman

Frog

I was leaning over the pond this evening, trying to reach the juicy alpine strawberries, when I spotted a big adult frog eyeballing me from the comfort of the pool.

I was swelled with pride, as this strange beast had accepted lodgings in my pond. Now my eye was in though, I spotted 3 tiny frogs skittering around on the pond weed and even 1 out on the edge of the pond.

What joy.

Not really sure where these ones have come from, the tadpoles I had been watching, don’t appear to have legs let. I wonder if these are an earlier batch that I missed or perhaps they all develop at different rates.

Anyway, I’m happy. It makes it for the disappointment I felt when I discovered all my replacement cauliflowers had been eaten by the slugs.

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6 Responses to “ Maternal Pride ”

  1. Karen on June 10, 2008 at 11:09 pm

    Sorry about the cauliflowers.
    Great about the frogs
    Regards
    Karen

  2. Daphne Gould on June 11, 2008 at 12:29 am

    Fabulous. I love frogs. I always wanted some in my garden but they never came when I had water. I would get lots of toads however, which wasn’t too bad.

  3. linda on June 11, 2008 at 4:23 am

    And proud you should be.

    Frogs seem to have disappeared from yards around here. I think it’s because of all the lawn chemicals people use these days. It’s kind of sad.

  4. Soilman on June 11, 2008 at 8:05 am

    Bloody slugs had my first cauliflowers, too. I was spitting blood when I found them. Where’s a hungry hedgehog when you need one??

  5. easygardener on June 11, 2008 at 8:32 pm

    Quite unnerving the way a frog can hop out of nowhere. Lovely to see them though.

  6. Cheryl on June 12, 2008 at 9:24 pm

    Think of all the slugs those lovely little frogs will eat………

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