Frog

It's been ages since I posted. Every day I spend a little time with the roses and deck plants. Alas, the plants were neglected while I was on vacation so the petunias and geraniums took a serious hit. Several are now dead.

I cut some of the petunias way back, almost to dirt level and some are rallying, some are still just a stick.

This morning I had my nose in the geranium while removing dead leaves. I better pay attention more next time.




If the frog hadn't moved an eye, I would have missed him altogether.

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The other day I was working on the deck for about an hour, watering and pruning. Then I went in the house and cleaned my bedroom for a while. After 30 or so minutes of cleaning, I sat on the edge of the bed with pen and journal to write something. I was writing for a couple minutes when PLOP!!! a huge grasshopper dropped off the top of my head right onto my paper. GASP!!! I covered it with a shirt and finished my writing.

What chills me is pondering the fact that the grasshopper was on my head at least 30 minutes. Am I getting so old that I can't feel a grasshopper on my head? If I had not noticed the frog, and he jumped, would I be walking around with a frog on my head? How long till I noticed? Would I care?

I like his yellow spots.