Michele’s “Night Music” thread caused me to check out the video in this one to compare Sydney frogs to Wisconsin frogs, and I see that I have neglected to respond to the nice people who commented here. My sincere apologies, and here I go; better late than never . . . right?
Daryl, I’ve just started writing a song. If it is ready when the frogs come out this spring, I will play it for my backyard friends. If it doesn’t frighten them, I might post it here.
Craig, Since the gas prices have gone up, a lot less people drive the roads near my place. I like the quiet. Yaaaaaay, high gas prices!
Chris, Don’t know how many of them there are, but there are a number of different ones. I guess that’s a menagerie if ever I’ve heard one.
Chas, I used the darkness to cover up the fact that all the frogs were naked . . . . . . and they had no guitars to cover themselves up like some other recent thread that I vaguely remember here on TG. Hmmmmmmmmm.
Tony, The water body is a pond that I cleaned out many years ago. When I moved here, it was a mud hole that would dry up every year. Quite a nasty place. I had a big sand pit in the back next to it where the county got their sand to spread on the highways in winter for many years. It was like a hot sandy desert void of plants in the summer. So, one day, I decided to rent a drag-line and a pay-loader from a friend of mine. He gave me a crash course on the drag-line (I already knew how to run the pay-loader from some stuff I did when I was still in high school), and proceeded to dig the muck out of the pond and spread it around the sand pit for top soil. It was a true win, win, win, win situation. All kinds of trees and shrubs sprang up from seeds lying dormant in the muck to turn the desert into a forest (win). The frogs got a new home (win). Deer, ducks, raccoons, mink, otter, owls, coyotes and other wild animals stop by all the time now to use it as a watering hole or hunting ground (win). And, of course, all the dogs I’ve had over the years have used it as a cool down spot during their mindless miles of running (win). Oh, did I mention that it makes a nice skating rink in the winter before the snow gets too deep to shovel (bonus win). Sorry for the long answer to the short question, but it is one of the few things that I may have gotten right in my life, and I do like to ramble about it a bit.
Michele, I have nothing more to say to you that I haven’t already said in your Night Music thread (
click here for Michele’s thread). HA! Just kidding. Maddies? Never heard of that one before. Very fitting. That dog runs until I’d swear his heart would burst. Then he makes a bee-line for the water, plows in, laps up a bunch, trots out to stand next to me, and shakes off so I can enjoy it too. Why . . . .if it weren’t for him, I might be warm, dry, and miserable all night long. Honestly, sometimes he can be such a knob. Life would be quite boring without him. He does add quite a contrast to an otherwise monotonous evening. I don’t know why the frogs are afraid of him and grow silent whenever he’s near. Maybe he eats them when I’m not around. That would be weird.
Willem, I’m finally getting around to thanking you for putting up your video that helped inspire me to share this one. Sorry for the delay. I would enjoy seeing more of your neighborhood if you feel the urge to film and post another. Learning new things is a weakness of mine.
Thanks everyone for your comments,
Hydroman52