We Were Overrun....!

This tree frog obviously liked our tall windows on the covered porch. He was a joy to see and the Jimster had fun playing with him. He is one of the largest tree frogs I have seen here.

Disclaimer: No frogs, toads, skinks or bugs were harmed in the making of this post, though one egg did perish.

What kind of bug is this? Hint: It is a favorite of kids in the summertime!

This is an update of tad. They are all doing fine and growing up very fast. As of the publish date of this post, all have 'flown the coop'.

Mr. Fix-it was helping me to dig out a clump of grass from a large wooden planter when we came upon a funny looking organic pea sized 'thing'. What could it be? Actually there were many more than just this one. We had no idea what they were so I squeezed one just to see if it was a seed of some sort. It squirted-oops!

Upon further investigation and digging we found the mama responsible for laying the lizard eggs-there she is above. We felt really bad for disturbing her and gently placed her back in the pot after we planted a little redbud. Seeing this part of Mother Nature was really cool because neither one of us had ever seen lizard eggs.

Our dozens of resident bull frogs LOVE our swimming pool. Poor Mr. Fix-it spent about four weeks trying to replace the liner and skimmer in our pool. It took a while because he only has time to work on these things on the weekends. All the while these bullfrogs were croaking and swimming-even with the pool pump running!

Here is another one I got up close and personal with. Their throats expand so much you can see through the skin. They are not bothered by people but only come out at night.

Here is another one floating on a noodle. They were literally ALL over. I think the rains this spring made a bumper crop of frogs and toads and lizards. What do you all think? Even as I write this the bull frogs are still croaking by our pool, though I hope they are not in it anymore since the pump is running.

This is some kind of tree frog. He was in the way of progress during the liner change out. Tree frogs are fairly common if you know where to look for them!

This last little toad/frog (not sure which) might be kind of hard to see. He is located in the middle of the picture a little below the midpoint directly under the middle purple leaf of the upper leaf. He is brown and blends with the leaves. Geri could not believe how many of these buggers we have in the garden. They were EVERYWHERE during the first two weeks of June or so! I don't see them as often now. But we do have huge toads. I know where most live and am going to begin naming them soon. Any suggestions for names?

in the garden....