Jim's Frog Blog

At the end of February I posted 3 pictures under the theme of a "Blank Canvas" awaiting Mother Nature to start filling in the colo...

Only a Toad Daddy kind of guy can really appreciate this annual Rite of Spring that takes place in my backyard.  With no fanfare, no pomp an...

The days are getting noticeably longer. For your blog author that's a good thing to notice because that means there are a few honey-do...

It would appear I've taken about 8 weeks off from blog posting.  My OH my how the time does fly. Since the last post of October 30 I h...

Once again the pond is operational. I have been away for 8 days and upon my return to Red Tail Ridge I found a large box on the...

This is starting to sound like some kind of soap opera. In a nutshell here is what's going on: First I bought a new pump for my pon...

I thought these pictures of  stone-crop sedum was just kind to my eyes and wanted to show y'all. The plant resides in my hyp...

Have you ever been to one of those places where some inspired person breaks out the welder and makes dinosaurs or space ships and the like o...

I reported on sunflowers around this time last year (click here see that post) and again this year I have some pictures of different helian...

I've spoken about the black goldfish that is hard to see, shy and elusive. This afternoon I was crossing the bridge pond (yep, I used th...

It clearly states in the Gourd Instruction Manual (GIM) that all gourds must be harvested PRIOR to the first freeze. GIM further states tha...

In the beginning we had 5 goldfish. Then one disappeared so we had 4. Then there was all this mating activity in the spring but we didn...

By George it is a Argiope Trifasciata! Most folks call them Banded Garden Spiders but the technical name does offer a challenge just to p...

The new seal for the pond pump arrived on Monday.  I had already taken the pump apart so was ready to remove the faulty seal and replace wit...

They are grow'n fast. In an effort to show you how fast I took another picture of the gourd trellis from about the same spot as I took l...

I just love my gourd trellis. It is one of the coolest things we've done this year and I'm sure we will do it again next year too. ...

I was feeling energized because the pond pump project went so well. The pump pumped and the water flowed nicely AND there were no leaks. The...

It's done!  Since my last post about the "Pond Pump Project" I received my pump and then immediately moved on to plan "...