THERE IS NOTHING LIKE SITTING OUTSIDE AND LISTENING TO THE GENTLE BABBLE OF A WATERFALL.
WE SPEND LOTS OF TIME OUTSIDE,
NOT ONLY LISTENING TO THE WATERFALL BUT WATCHING THE THINGS ATTRACTED TO THE POND.
THERE ARE LOTS OF FROGS, I THINK THE FROGS ARE MY FAVORITE. WE HAVE BULL FROGS, WATER FROGS, LEPARD FROGS, TREE FROGS,(A COUPLE DIFFERENT KIND) AND TOAD FROGS. AFTER A RAIN, OR AT NIGHT THEY MAKE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC ALL SINGING AT ONCE.
THE POND ATTRACTS LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS,
SOME GOOD AND SOME NOT SO GOOD. OUR POND ATTRACTS LOTS OF BIRDS, FROGS, TURTLES, AND NOW AND THEN A SNAKE OR TWO. MOST LIVE NEAR. THEY HAVE PLENTY TO EAT AND WATER TO DRINK AND TO BATH IN, AND IN RETURN THEY EAT LOTS OF BUGS..
THE WATER POND IS A GREAT PLACE FOR THE FROGS TO LIVE,
THEY CATCH A LOT OF BUGS,
OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, THERE IS A NOTICABLE DIFFERENCE IN THE BUG POPULATION AROUND OUR HOUSE.
AND THERE IS NOTHING LIKE THE SOUND OF THEM SINGING AFTER A RAIN IN THE SPRING AND SUMMER...
WE PLANT LOTS OF FLOWERS AROUND THE POND, NOT ONLY TO MAKE IT LOOK NICE BUT FOR THE FROGS, AND THE BEES, AND THE BIRDS.
WE LIKE TO HAVE A PLACE FOR THE ANIMALS, THERE ARE NOT MANY PEOPLE WHO THINK OF THE ANIMALS.
BUT SOMEONE HAS TO THINK OF THEM, THEY DO SO MUCH FOR US AND NEVER ASK ANYTHING IN RETURN.
OUR YEAR IS FULL OF FROGS, AND THE TREES ARE FULL OF ALL KINDS OF BIRDS.
WE HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THE BIRDS THAT LIKE TO EAT OUR FROGS
AND SHOO THEM AWAY..
WE PUT NETTING OVER THE PONDS DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER
WHEN THEY ARE MOST LIKELY TO BE LOOKING FOR A FREE MEAL...
AND THEY ALWAYS SEEM TO KNOW WHICH FISH YOU PAID THE MOST MONEY FOR....
AND THEY NEVER GET THE CHEEP ONES OR THE ONES SOMEONE GAVE YOU FOR FREE....

TO MY FROGS

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