My favourite special friends. Toads and Frogs

When we moved from the city into the country it was a big pleasant change.  My very first experience was kind of weird for city folks, even though I am not one at heart.

I came back from work and wanted to use the bathroom.  I lift the toiletseat and what do I see?  This big pile of you know what I thought.  I am just about to accuse my husband of forgetting to flush, when this thing moved.  It was a big fat toad the size of my hand.  I couldn't believe it.  I nearly sat on this thing.  Well.  Wondering how it got in there, I had to get it out of there.  It wasn't hard.  I had some rubber gloves and just grabbed it and carried it outside.  What a creature!  How did it get there?  I still don't know.

Ever since I met these things in all sizes outside.  Tiny little babies the size of the tip of my little finger, big fat ones the size of my hand.

Last week I had a visitor right in front of our newly build deck in the new flowerbed.  It must have liked the mulch and used it as bedding.  It is amazing how they blend in.  I was doing some weeding and watering.  Nearly gave it a good bath.  When I noticed it I left that section alone.  Totally cozy in its bed the size of my hand.  It wiggled itself in there.  I called it Dr. Bernstein.  He stuck around, didn't seem to go anywhere for days.  Then once I found him at the other end of the flowerbed in front of the deck.  Yet, he went back to sleep in the same spot he was before.  He stuck around for a few more days.

 

I am going to post some more toad images later. I love to have them around.  After all they also eat mosquitos. YEAH.