Frogs!

So far, this has been the Summer of the Frog.

I already mentioned how a host of tadpoles were living and growing in the water on top of our pool cover.

We have also been "blessed" with lots of froggy noises every evening.  LOUD froggy noises.  The noises are rather charming, but it is a good thing we have good windows and walls so we can sleep.

Kevin found this frog hopping around the back of our house.  He seems to be a tree frog, perhaps?  He has sticky feet and ...

can climb windows!

To be clear, this frog probably isn't the frog from the picture on top.  A few days after meeting Frog #1, Naomi was bringing in towels before a rainstorm and Frog #2 suddenly appeared on the sliding door to the deck. He had obviously hitchhiked in on the towels.

I like the frogs.  Kevin likes the frogs.  They are cute.

 Look at his charming spots!

But...the frogs aren't smart.  They keep jumping into the pool.  Naomi and Lydia rescued 3 of them today.  They transported them over to the garden in the hopes of keeping them safe from the pool water but very quickly the frogs hopped back to the pool area.

Chlorinated water does not make frogs happy, so I'm afraid we're going to have quite a few dead frogs.  It's a pity.  But that's life.