tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post3648928629689903351..comments2023-10-31T15:39:09.651+01:00Comments on box elder: More from the pondLucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-52785787967017237372008-04-21T17:57:00.000+02:002008-04-21T17:57:00.000+02:00I hope this mean that if you kiss a frog in France...I hope this mean that if you kiss a frog in France it turns into a handsome princess. Everyone knows, of course, that all you get from kissing toads is warts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-16060294213457323402008-04-18T01:27:00.000+02:002008-04-18T01:27:00.000+02:00So interesting and fun! I've wanted a little wate...So interesting and fun! I've wanted a little water garden but so far there is too much to do as it is. Besides, we have the BIG water garden rushing right past our house!jzrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05938966640494785871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-69881471197855879162008-04-17T22:52:00.000+02:002008-04-17T22:52:00.000+02:00Oh, hate the thought of mown toads but lovely pics...Oh, hate the thought of mown toads but lovely pics.<BR/><BR/>Those are certainly very splendid toilets! I must show them to my architect daughter. When she was a very baby architect she kept being given toilets to design. They're a bit Gaudi-like, aren't they?Pam https://www.blogger.com/profile/12641269043817163165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-69881359867932814352008-04-17T21:43:00.000+02:002008-04-17T21:43:00.000+02:00Oh, your brilliant photos! So gooey and green . ....Oh, your brilliant photos! So gooey and green . . .<BR/><BR/>My little daughter once rescued some tadpoles from a gutter -- helped by our nutty naturalist neighbor. The two of them patiently relocated some kind of amphibian spawn for hours! I can't wait to show her your photos!Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375981493145612394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-76540809323742551072008-04-16T12:38:00.000+02:002008-04-16T12:38:00.000+02:00Wonderful pictures, reminding me of Seamus Heaney'...Wonderful pictures, reminding me of Seamus Heaney's <A HREF="http://www.diacenter.org/prg/poetry/87_88/heaney1.html" REL="nofollow">Death of a Naturalist</A>.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-64003546554760740332008-04-15T23:58:00.000+02:002008-04-15T23:58:00.000+02:00Close to where we live by the Seine, at Croissy, t...Close to where we live by the Seine, at Croissy, there is a place called La Grenouillere where late 19th Century ladies and gents would go swimming in the Seine. There is even a museum dedicated to the place in Croissy. I just point this out to show that men can be frogs as well :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-52843619530747931122008-04-15T21:51:00.000+02:002008-04-15T21:51:00.000+02:00I used to have a pond with goldfish but a heron ke...I used to have a pond with goldfish but a heron kept eating them until there were none.<BR/><BR/>Saying that reminds me actually - I'm sure my daughter used to sing a little rhyme<BR/><BR/>Cinq grenouilles dans ma jardin<BR/>something something something<BR/>and then they got mown by a lawnmower or something and there were none. Sorry - I have a hopeless memory especially for French but I do remember it being a bit gruesome. Or maybe she changed it to make it gruesome??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-36269756835273579062008-04-15T21:19:00.000+02:002008-04-15T21:19:00.000+02:00Lovely photos, Lucy. The first is especially strik...Lovely photos, Lucy. The first is especially striking.MBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14515233228776181123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-6621812290882271712008-04-15T19:51:00.000+02:002008-04-15T19:51:00.000+02:00we used to have a pond and I do miss it...lots of ...we used to have a pond and I do miss it...lots of goldfish to eat the mosquito larvae, and I used to love the sound of the frogs. It was artificial, and one hot day a newfoundland jumped in it and ripped the lining with its claws. I think the new owners relined it...and dog proofed it!Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12211663940952195703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-9469538783554215112008-04-15T18:05:00.000+02:002008-04-15T18:05:00.000+02:00How delightful to have such a productive pond. Gre...How delightful to have such a productive pond. Great pictures. Bet Dave will enjoy this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-20623095731459616772008-04-15T17:54:00.000+02:002008-04-15T17:54:00.000+02:00I love the tadpoles, Lucy! We don't get too many o...I love the tadpoles, Lucy! We don't get too many of those around here, but we do have some kind of toad. I think you're right about the gender thing :)juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.com