So I cleaned out the bathtub for the ducks yesterday. It was filled with freezing water and as I tipped it out, I soaked a bunch of frogs in the icy water. Of course, they all went into mild shock and froze. I couldn’t put the bathtub back down for fear of squashing the frogs, so I spent a minute or so, picking up cold sluggish frogs and moving them out from under the bath.

Then of course I had the brilliant idea to relocate them to my vegetable garden. Of course, by the time I had rounded up the frogs into my hand and walked to my garden, the warmth of my hands (even though they were also soaked with icy water) had revived the frogs and they were hopping everywhere.

Have you ever tried to walk with a handful of small frogs jumping everywhere?

In the end, we made it to the garden with no casualties. I popped them amongst the broad beans and raced inside for my camera. When I came out, only this little one had hung around. She did stay still long enough for me to grab some snaps of her though!

This little guy was hiding in my garden. I caught him and he was nice enough (scared enough?) to stay put, sitting on the leaves of my cauliflowers, so that I could photograph him. It looks like he’s living in amongst my garlic now, eating slugs and snails. Fantastic.

I love how the drops magnify the feather.

I spent a bit of time chasing bees this morning, however, the only ones I could find were along the boundary, next to the highway. I got some very odd looks as I crouched over the flowers with my camera.