More Flowers, Chick-pic's, Toadpole Updates

In the flower arena the plants have been super busy. While the lip-lips have come and gone along with about half of the irises, there are new and different as well as oh-so glorious flowers to take their place. Here are some of the beauties that were caught on camera today.

I think those flowers are just beautiful.

On to the chick-pics for the day.  Mom and dad have been feeding them more and more often. They are growing fast and I've seen one stand and spread it's wings.  No one is leaving yet but the fuzz is quickly disappearing and where feathers emerging from their shafts used to look like paint brushes now remind me of oars.

Finally a note about the toadpoles or toadlette's, which ever you prefer. They have hatched from the egg string but most are staying close to their "home." Of course there are a few who venture out thus the whole pond has some of these little submarines cruising around. The don't seem to get venturous until their tiny eggs sack is consumed.

For the last 2 nights I've heard three male toads screeching away but so far have not found additional egg strings. Yesterday I found a female toad in the skimmer and released her into the pond. Before I could catch her in the skimmer she dove down near the water intake. It that had grabbed her she would have been toast, or mush or some other disgusting dead thing. If you recall, last year we had 5 toad couples mating at the same time... a regular pond bordello.

In Closing: My fan has indicated the vivid pictures of the flowers were too bright and would turn the night into day. I will there for try to refrain from enhancing photos to neon heights.

Whoohoo y'all!!!