Wow! Can't imagine that.
What are YOU looking most foward to??
Forsythia... as, to me... it's like a true sign that it IS Spring....
Bill, between Holly's water features and the swimming pool I understand what you said about peepers, we practically have to close the windows and run the ac upstairs to sleep. We maintain our pool with a minimum of chemicals so a lot of mornings we skim the eggs off of the pool and move them to the ponds to run the filter. Ric
I forgot the Pic! I don't know if this is some kind of morph or the pool water causes the loss of pigmentation. Ric
Wow! Freaky. Looks like a pigment thing.
Totally freaky looking!!! Looks like he's been bleached.
neato!
Wonder if the other frogs make fun of him.
Sure that it isn't ceramic & fooling you? After all Feb 1 is Monday. i've always liked Feb. Fool.
Most of them in the pool area look like that. We have at least 5 different frogs here. 2 types of tree frogs (their peeps are very different), leopard frogs, tree frogs (uncommon), and "big arsed" bull frogs (supper?). We seem to have more than 1 type of toad also, I haven't tried IDing them yet. We also find our share of newts and salamanders. We aren't totally pesticide and chemical free, but use as little as possible. I think it shows, Heck one year our veggie garden looked so natural a pair of indigo buntings nested there, what a great excuse to not weed. LOL Ric
Great deal of amphibians. Wonderful that you have that many which are not having problems.
wierd
Wow that is very strange. Do you call him Casper? I would think that color would make him a prime target or let the predators know he doesn't taste very good. Since there are several I would guess the latter maybe.
we have all kinds here as well ric - when you listen they all have an area the stay in so when they are peeping is it different sounds coming from all over - pretty cool
Not sure I want peepers around my pool! Do they wear long coats?
grooooan
Yes, they probably do that too. Ewwww.
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Yep yep yep. All of the above. Can't get here fast enough.
If its any consolation I heard a Cardinal mating call the other day.
Right now, a rise in temperature. I have been cold in a nicely heated house all day.
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A good stint in the garden would heat us up.lol
Not Now!
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I dont like being confined in winter.
Well, I can't wait for most things that have been listed (other than the all over tan) sorry sun & I don't get along.
I think what I can't wait for the most is my grandson's lesson in taking the time to stop & smell EVERYTHING, yes, even the weeds, I so enjoy our walks & he is growing up so fast, We all need time to stop & smell the flowers, as David has taught me to do again..:)Anita
Better in summer?
That is an adorable pic. Too cute.
I have some new shrubs that bloom in the Spring. I'm very excited to see them with flowers for the first time. One of the varieties is Wheeler's Dwarf Pittosporum/ mock orange, which is supposed to have a great fragrance. Can't wait! Another is Viburnum Tinus, Spring Bouquet.
Oops -- I'm a Texas, not even close to the Northeast! However, we have had some very cold temperatures this year. We're all ready for Spring too.
Don't ya just love seeing new blooms for the first time! You will get your taste of spring before us up here so come back and share okay?
No need to apologize, NLaw. You are most welcome here!
Everyone welcome here, we have a saying that everyone is northeast of somewhere.
Absolutely!
As they say ... 'some of my best friends are ...'
You're in the right place, NLaw.
You are all so nice! I'll definitely post pictures of the first flowers.
Thanks for the welcome! :)
I can't wait to see if my late work of transplanting strawberries will bear fruit. I hope all the chipmunks have died over the winter. I know it sounds harsh, but they ate 80-90% of my strawberries last year!! I suppose if they moved 100 miles away that would be o.k. as well. I also can't wait to plant fruit bushes in the places that I cleared buckthorn out of.
will be interesting to see how the chippie population here is in the spring - they were not seen much by the end of summer into fall - neighbors cat seemed to scare them off
Hawk and local cats help to keep them in check here as well. I hate when they take one little bite of the strawberry and leave the rest. If ya gonna wreck it for the humans you fury fellows at least eat the whole darn thing.