Growing Frogs in the Garden
Everyone knows that frogs can be found near lakes, ponds, and streams, but we have frogs growing in our garden.
The nearest body of water is several blocks away, but when someone walks through our garden, large numbers of frogs (and toads) hop out of the way. Perhaps there are so many frogs in our garden because we have sprinklers set up, there are areas of tall weeds for frogs to hide in, and there are good places for the frogs to sun themselves.
We caught one of these frogs and it appears to be a mix of the two different colors of Northern Leopard Frogs.
We’ve been offering our frog several different insects to see what it would eat and we were amazed when it ate a large grasshopper that was around this size:
We plan to feed and observe the frog for several days and then return it to the garden.
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Have you ever realized how much tiny life is around you that you can’t see? Maybe these pictures will give you some idea of the amount of microscopic life there is. The pictures show some microscopic creatures from some stagnant water.
These are some of the microscopic creatures that were on the microscope slide. Many more of these could be seen at a lower magnification.
These are the exact same type of creatures at a higher magnification.
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Weird Christmas Cactus
Our Christmas cactus started growing some new sections this month. They are normal except for the fact that they are pink instead of green.
The next picture is a close-up on a few of the new sections.
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Baby Spiders
Between 8:30 and 9:00 this morning, we spotted these baby spiders on our deck. They appear to be orb-weavers. Later in the day, both the spiders and the web (see photo) were gone.
Lunar Eclipse Photos
These are some pictures of the moon during the recent lunar eclipse. Going from left to right, they start before a full eclipse and end after a full eclipse.
And I was just wondering, who took a bite out of the moon?
