In an effort to bring a brief smile to your faces, I’ll share an encounter I had with a frog the day before yesterday when I was weeding the area near The Dude.
I saw him as he jumped away from me as I worked.
Soon he started to scale The Dude.
He rested for a while.
Meanwhile, I kept working.
The next thing I knew, he had scaled the Dude summit.
He stayed there for the longest time – a safe place to get away from the big human pulling weeds. Occasionally, he would look my way, but the moment I tried to to take a picture of his face, he turned away. I did take a little video, which I sent to Don (who was sitting no more than 20 feet from me inside the house.)
A lovely bit of nature’s magic helping to make the chore of weeding a bit less tedious.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and emotions yesterday. I find I am still unable to reply to your comments and after thinking about it yesterday and this morning, I feel they are more powerful without my intrusion into the conversation.
Both Don and I are heartsick and furious. Today, I think I’ll try to take a break from the coverage, if only for my sanity. Don is going to do the same.
I did some unplanned yard work yesterday. I think I need to keep busy and distract myself.
Much love to you all.
Stay safe.
Happy Thursday.
Good Morning,
Yesterday, I saw my first baby snake (harmless) and found a beautiful Robin’ s half eggshell . It made me happy. Life.
Take Care,
Kaye
That’s the stuff that calms us and gives us peace, Kaye. I’m glad you had those experiences.
Stay safe.
Have a good day
Sometimes it is better to let those who respond just vent without an answer or opinion
I am with YOU…
Thanks so much, Brenda.
Stay safe.
cute photo-story about the frog and the dude. :)
met a very friendly weimaraner yesterday. his name is also dude. :)
those beings, getting outside, looking at all the seasonal plant growth and colors, walking in the rain and being with my family remind me of the beautiful parts of life. much needed anytime (especially now) and much appreciated.
thanks for sharing, claudia.
take good care of yourselves, everyone.
with prayers that you have what you need (including hugs and some treats) and are safe …
kathy
Enjoy, Kathy!
Stay safe.
I had to turn off the news. Enough. I’ve just had enough.
What a tenacious frog. And how meditating to watch him scale the Dude!
It was really neat.
Thanks, Jeanie. How are you feeling?
Stay safe.
That’s a toad. Lots of gorgeous ones out there there this year!! They are great additions in the garden
Ah. Well, I guarantee we’ll probably still call it a frog!
Thanks, Lynn.
Shorter legs, right? And sort of warty?
Hi Claudia,
I haven’t commented in quite a while. I limited my time on the internet in my retirement. But I had followed you for so many years and every once in a while I check in to see that you and Don are both ok. Just read your post from yesterday. I too am heartsick about this country.
Yesterday I exchanged texts with my youngest son that just broke my heart. He and his fiancé have spent a couple years now attempting to buy a home in this crazy housing market. They postponed their wedding twice due to Covid. She is almost 30 and wanting to start a family and he said that he told her yesterday he “doesn’t feel comfortable having a kid in this country. My generation has been staring down the barrel of end times for a while now, mom, so it’s hard to stay optimistic.” He’s spoken about moving to Canada since he has a job he does from home but they’re dealing with their own housing crisis up there.
I wish our generation had some answers for them. Or at the very least could have left them a better world.
Going out to my garden to work and calm my soul.
Take care,
Kay in SE WI
I cannot imagine raising children in these times. Climate change, school shootings…my heavens, I would be worrying every second of every day.
Good to hear from you, Kay.
Stay safe.
VOTE FOR BETO . . . and vote all the other NRA/gun loving nuts OUT.
Wish I could!
Stay safe, Chris.