Jim's Frog Blog

It was just about a year ago this month that we were talking with the folks at one of the orchards that sells their bounty to us city slicke...

If you've been paying attention then you know I introduced 5 goldfish to the pond on September 16.  These were decent sized goldfish mea...

I told you in my previous post that we had planted lilies in the bridge pond.  When we did that I wasn't able to take pictures for the m...

I received a letter in the mail last week stating the local pond store, "The Lily Pad," was closing it's doors because of the ...

It was Wednesday, September 8 when Ginger saw some movement out of the corner of her eye.  She thought it was a leaf at first but then reali...

I won't argue with you about when fall actually starts.  In fact I'll even concede that it's still summer.  That's nothing b...

It seems too early in the year to be seriously talking about fall but it appears to be sneak'n in the back door.  The things that make t...

This is the time of year when the pampas grass flowers and goes to seed.  The birds will begin to feed on these seeds in late September unti...

With all this talk about the gourd I bought and it's flash to oblivion, I thought it might be inspiring to tell you, quickly, what happe...

In the previous post I told you about my gourd.  The drying process and painting... all that stuff.  This is what happened to the gourd turn...

I'm here today to share with you a smidgen of knowledge I acquired this past week.  As is my way, I can't just blurt it out this inf...

Just when I though we were through with toads and frogs for the season, who shows up?  I didn't know.  He wasn't wearing a name tag....

For the second time this week we are beset with heavy rain, strong as in very strong wind and a decent lightening storm. On Monday our lit...

I'm not sure whether I should call this little creature a toadlet or a baby toad. For the last couple of days I've wanted to capture...

I can't put into words how excited I am to be able to show you the pictures of a toad that just 26 days ago was a newly laid egg.      ...

During my inspection of the Fleet today I noted that some of the toadlets are much smaller than others.  If I didn't know better I would...

The toadpoles are growing almost as fast as the algae.  I was eye-balling the fleet today and thought I saw the beginnings of their hind leg...

We went on a heat retreat to Ourey, Colorado and enjoyed the sites and ambiance not to mention my granddaughters 10th birthday.  Upon our re...

I can't believe how fast things are changing in the toadlet arena.  When I checked on the "fleet" this morning I find they hav...

What a change we've see in just one day.  Some of the toadpoles have moved as far as the bridge to the west and Humpty Dumpty Falls to t...

It was only a few days ago, Sunday to be specific, when we saw some tails sticking out of a few eggs.  They would swish back and forth and t...

Whooooohoooooo... I'm going to be a Toad-Daddy again!!! Today started out just like any other day.  I awoke too early but couldn't...

I believe it was the TV show "Duke's of Hazard" that had the Daisy that I couldn't stop goggling.  That show started back ...