Save A Frog

This year seems we have a lot of amphibians around the pool area.


There has been countless number of frogs already found dead in the pool.

A few have been lucky to have been spotted before too long and scooped out.

Well tonight was their lucky night!

I headed down to my parents house to go swimming at 8pm. The air still has a heaviness about it. The crickets and other night creatures were already starting to sing their songs filling the night air.

At first touch the water seemed to be a bit chilled but that didn't stop me from diving in.

The coolness of the water caresses my body and I hit the bottom of the pool feet first and push up to reach the top and gasp for air.

I slowly glide through the pool, over to the ladder. As I turn my head there we were, face to face.

I was taken a back by this small but big frog. I didn't want him to drown so I scooped him out onto the patio and shewed him away to safety.



I had to laugh to myself as I replayed the whole drama in my mind.



I was thinking how he wanted to join me for a nightly swim in the pool and was probably upset that I shewed him off.



It was getting late and I was all cooled off so I decided to call it a night.



I grabbed my towel and was about to place it on the stairs leading to the deck. I saw something from the corner of my eye on the step just above the one I was placing my towel on and suddenly it JUMPED!

I screamed and then caught my breath. It was another froggy. I started to laugh because is startled me.

I hopped to the edge of the step facing the pool. I was so afraid it would jump into the pool so I put my hands up to coerce him into my hands so I can move him to safety. All the while saying in my head "Don't Jump!"

As I picked him up he leaped out of my hands and landed smack dab on Paul's foot.

"OOOOHhhhh Froggy!"

I told Paul to face his foot away from the pool so I can guide him to the grass.

The Guided the frog off to safety, as he hopped off in the night I smiled.......another good deed.

If you think that this blog sounds crazy wait til I tell you about my squirrel encounter......