Today the weather was overcast and threatening rain. Not a good day for snapshots of flora, but excellent conditions for sneaking up on fauna. 😎 Case in point:
Peekaboo!
I checked the Florida Frog and Toad Image Index in hopes of identifying our amphibian friend, but the best I can tell you is what it’s not! It’s definately NOT the Cuban Tree Frog, an invasive species I see constantly, hiding in the tanks of my tillandsias and bromeliads.
I waited and watched for a bit, to see where he’d venture next:
Is this what they mean by “tree hugger?!” 😉
In short order, he rounded the tree to the orchid pots:
And decided to take a stretch:
Ahhhhhh……that feels good! 🙂
Muscles warmed up, he peeked over the edge:
Is the coast clear?
And then he was gone!!
I like to think he went off in pursuit of a friend….perhaps visiting the turtle who lives in our yard, or the moles who raise tunnels in my gardens each night.
A real life Wind in the Willows is such a pleasant thought on a grey and showery day! 🙂
Wind in the Willows (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Until next time………….
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small house/BIG GARDEN 
What a fun post, with some great pictures. Like this post a lot. Great work. 🙂
Thank you!! I had fun writing it!
Lovely and I bet he is hungry for pests!
LOL, as you might imagine, there’s no dearth of those around here!
Lovely pictures! I’ve grown up on a small farm with grasslands around it. The smell of it during Summer, or after rain is unbelievable 🙂
hey!! 🙂 Thank you so much for the visit!!
I have to agree with you…so strong, especially after a mow, yeah?
I think it looks like the toads we have around here. I’m always happy to see them in my yard and garden because they do such a great job helping with pest control. When you find out what species it is and I hope it’s a good one for your region. 🙂
hello! nice to see you here again!
I still don’t know the species, but I’m so glad to see any frog that isn’t Cuban—they’re a real nuisance!
great shots! I’ve been trying to take some photos of our resident toads but the light and the toads haven’t been very co-operative so far! Love the link to Wind In The Willows 🙂
thank you!
Wind in the Willows was everyone’s favorite book, yeah? When my son Jack fell in love with it as a little boy I was so excited to relive it again through the eyes of childhood!
Hope you get some shots of your toads! I’m curious if they look similar to their Yankee cousins!
What an exciting fauna in your very backyard. What an interesting and magnificent toad. I bet he’s one happy fella. Lucky friends, Mr. mole and Mr. Turtle. Thanks for sharing this wonderful adventure.
Thank you for popping in again! I just have to tell you again how much I’ve enjoyed your blog, too!
OK, so I’ve decided you need to have a page for us botanical Luddites, where we can ask questions/advice on how-to’s…
just sayin’! 😉
Thank you so much for the kind words! (and what a great idea, actually!)
I had been thinking about incorporating something like that. 🙂
Living in a very warm climate makes growing anything very easy, and now that we’re in rainy season, the daily downpours keep everything green without too much effort.
Awesome and that frog looked pretty amusing… love the colors on its body. 😉
I really like this kind of frog…we have a lot of the greyish/white cuban tree frogs and they’re very warty/alien looking, and not very interesting to watch!
Yes… so original and you captured it well too, 😉