Do you remember all the frog sightings I had last year? (
Here,
here, and
here if you don't and want to get caught up.) This morning I took off the lid to the compost bin and saw two blobby looking things on the top rim. Under closer observation, I realized that our frog was back and had brought a friend!
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| Please ignore the dirt and spider webs. See the frogs? |
The morning was brisk, and the frogs weren't moving too fast. In fact, except for their slowly opening and closing eyelids I almost thought they were dead. But when I pulled out my cell phone to take a photo they slowly turned towards me. Probably to make sure I wasn't going to harm them, but maybe they wanted to show me their best side?
For the past few weeks I've seen a lot of fruit flies buzzing through the decaying plant matter. I'm sure they provide lots of good eating for small amphibians. I'm thrilled to have the tiny critters take up residence, but I wonder how long it will take me to remember there might be something alive waiting for me every time I open the lid now?
Decades ago we had toads here. I miss them. All the pesticides killed them off.
ReplyDeleteThat IS sad.
DeleteDraw a frog on the lid of your bin. ;-)
ReplyDeleteHmmm, not a bad idea :-) But I'm a pretty bad artist.
DeleteArt just found some frogs in our garden too. He was worried that it was the annoying coqui frog that's been making the Big Islanders crazy with their calls, but they were the silent type.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know what a coqui frog was, but after reading about them I understand why Art was so worried.
DeleteYou have an ecosystem in your compost
ReplyDeleteWow, I hadn't thought about it that way before. Thanks for pointing it out.
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