does everyone here like frogs?

[Ann in Houston]

I know several local ponders who hate them as much as I do. Our pond is
just outside my daughter's bedroom window and the noise is enough to keep
anyone awake at night. I often find her camped out on the floor of her
brothers' room. What can be done to minimize the attraction of them. Our
pond is not very naturalistic, as it is just a rectangular koi pond with an
urn fountain in the middle.
Ann

[RichToyBox]

Get snakes, they love them.
--
RichToyBox
http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html


"Ann in Houston" > wrote in message
.com...
> I know several local ponders who hate them as much as I do. Our pond is
> just outside my daughter's bedroom window and the noise is enough to keep
> anyone awake at night. I often find her camped out on the floor of her
> brothers' room. What can be done to minimize the attraction of them. Our
> pond is not very naturalistic, as it is just a rectangular koi pond with
an
> urn fountain in the middle.
> Ann
>
>

[FBCS]

We live in the woods, it's music to us at night. You certainly know the
change of seasons. They sit on the door steps at night, we really need to be
careful coming and going. Even my Chesapeake Bay Retriever carries them
around in his mouth to play with them. I noticed my fish today attacking a
frog in the pond. I guess they wanted to suck the algae of him, he didn't
care much for being lunch he held onto the lily pad for dear life. Reminded
me of an reenactment of Jaws.
"Ann in Houston" > wrote in message
.com...
> I know several local ponders who hate them as much as I do. Our pond is
> just outside my daughter's bedroom window and the noise is enough to keep
> anyone awake at night. I often find her camped out on the floor of her
> brothers' room. What can be done to minimize the attraction of them. Our
> pond is not very naturalistic, as it is just a rectangular koi pond with
an
> urn fountain in the middle.
> Ann
>
>

[bmuller]

"Ann in Houston" > wrote in message
.com...
> I know several local ponders who hate them as much as I do. Our pond is
> just outside my daughter's bedroom window and the noise is enough to keep
> anyone awake at night. I often find her camped out on the floor of her
> brothers' room. What can be done to minimize the attraction of them. Our
> pond is not very naturalistic, as it is just a rectangular koi pond with
an
> urn fountain in the middle.

Some people buy "White Noise" machines to make "surf" sounds to help them
sleep. The frog/toad chirping serves the same function for me. How about a
white noise machine in the bedroom of the disturbed sleeper to drown out the
frog noises.

[FBCS]

My daughter uses a fan to drown out the noice. Her window is right by the
pond area.
"jammer" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 03:14:49 GMT, "bmuller" >
> wrote:
>
> >
> >"Ann in Houston" > wrote in message
> .com...
> >> I know several local ponders who hate them as much as I do. Our pond
is
> >> just outside my daughter's bedroom window and the noise is enough to
keep
> >> anyone awake at night. I often find her camped out on the floor of her
> >> brothers' room. What can be done to minimize the attraction of them.
Our
> >> pond is not very naturalistic, as it is just a rectangular koi pond
with
> >an
> >> urn fountain in the middle.
> >
> >Some people buy "White Noise" machines to make "surf" sounds to help them
> >sleep. The frog/toad chirping serves the same function for me. How about
a
> >white noise machine in the bedroom of the disturbed sleeper to drown out
the
> >frog noises.
> >
>
> Fans and a/c window units are good for that, too.

[REBEL JOE]

I love frogs there song puts us to sleep at night


http://community.webtv.net/rebeljoe/POND

[LN \(remove NOSPAM\)]

We've never had any that made any noise. I want to hear frogs. Of course,
I'm thinking of the nice peeping noises. ;)

--
LN in NH (new gardener in zone 5)
http://photos.yahoo.com/lns_obsessed


"Ann in Houston" > wrote in message
.com...
> I know several local ponders who hate them as much as I do. Our pond is
> just outside my daughter's bedroom window and the noise is enough to keep
> anyone awake at night. I often find her camped out on the floor of her
> brothers' room. What can be done to minimize the attraction of them. Our
> pond is not very naturalistic, as it is just a rectangular koi pond with
an
> urn fountain in the middle.
> Ann
>
>

[Snooze]

"RichToyBox" > wrote in message
news:hT%Sa.103731$GL4.27195@rwcrnsc53...
> Get snakes, they love them.

Get snakes to get rid of the frogs? Reminds me of this old lady, perhaps you
guys have heard of her?

There was an old lady who swallowed a cow,
I'm not sure how she swallowed a cow.
She swallowed the cow to catch the goat,
She swallowed the goat to catch the dog,
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat,
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,
I don't know why she swallowed a fly.
Perhaps she'll die!

[Snooze]

"Ann in Houston" > wrote in message
.com...
> I know several local ponders who hate them as much as I do. Our pond is
> just outside my daughter's bedroom window and the noise is enough to keep
> anyone awake at night. I often find her camped out on the floor of her
> brothers' room. What can be done to minimize the attraction of them. Our
> pond is not very naturalistic, as it is just a rectangular koi pond with
an
> urn fountain in the middle.
> Ann

People who can't sleep because of noise are wimps :)

They should spend a year with my old dormmate from back in college. Heck if
you could sleep with the noise that went on in my floor, you could sleep
anywhere. I know this, because I recently feel asleep in the back seat of my
cousin's car. He's got one of those cars, where you can hear the music from
a few blocks down.

Sameer

[ann in houston]

Yeah, that would be fine. This is reminiscent of an angry duck.
Ann




"LN \(remove NOSPAM\)" > wrote in message >...
> We've never had any that made any noise. I want to hear frogs. Of course,
> I'm thinking of the nice peeping noises. ;)
>
> --
> LN in NH (new gardener in zone 5)
> http://photos.yahoo.com/lns_obsessed
>
>
> "Ann in Houston" > wrote in message
> .com...
> > I know several local ponders who hate them as much as I do. Our pond is
> > just outside my daughter's bedroom window and the noise is enough to keep
> > anyone awake at night. I often find her camped out on the floor of her
> > brothers' room. What can be done to minimize the attraction of them. Our
> > pond is not very naturalistic, as it is just a rectangular koi pond with
> an
> > urn fountain in the middle.
> > Ann
> >
> >

[ann in houston]

Sounds like you are talking about the ones that make a 'trilling' noise.






(REBEL JOE) wrote in message >...
> I love frogs there song puts us to sleep at night
>
>
> http://community.webtv.net/rebeljoe/POND

[Phyllis and Jim Hurley]

Do you know what kind of frog your 'angry duck' is? Our green tree frogs
could perhaps be so described.

We get used to them...sort of like getting used to the train tracks behind a
house.

Jim

--
____________________________________________
Check out Jog-A-Thon fundraiser (clears $140+ per jogger) at:
www.jogathon.net
See our pond at: http://www.home.bellsouth.net/p/pwp-jameshurley
"Ann in Houston" > wrote in message
.com...
> I know several local ponders who hate them as much as I do. Our pond is
> just outside my daughter's bedroom window and the noise is enough to keep
> anyone awake at night. I often find her camped out on the floor of her
> brothers' room. What can be done to minimize the attraction of them. Our
> pond is not very naturalistic, as it is just a rectangular koi pond with
an
> urn fountain in the middle.
> Ann
>
>

[Phyllis and Jim Hurley]

Do you know what kind of frog your 'angry duck' is? Our green tree frogs
could perhaps be so described.

We get used to them...sort of like getting used to the train tracks behind a
house.

Jim

--
____________________________________________
Check out Jog-A-Thon fundraiser (clears $140+ per jogger) at:
www.jogathon.net
See our pond at: http://www.home.bellsouth.net/p/pwp-jameshurley
"Ann in Houston" > wrote in message
.com...
> I know several local ponders who hate them as much as I do. Our pond is
> just outside my daughter's bedroom window and the noise is enough to keep
> anyone awake at night. I often find her camped out on the floor of her
> brothers' room. What can be done to minimize the attraction of them. Our
> pond is not very naturalistic, as it is just a rectangular koi pond with
an
> urn fountain in the middle.
> Ann
>
>

[Susan H. Simko]

It's really funny how one person's pleasure is another's pain. I love
the craoking of frogs - all kinds - and actually added bullfrog tadpoles
to my pond to ensure I would have frogs for a little while (at least).
I easily go to sleep listening to frogs croaking, crickets chirping,
owls hooting, bobwhites calling, etc. OTOH, light and vehicle noises
make me crazy. My s.o. and son claim I can hear a car horn honk a mile
away while the loud frog chorus outside does not bother me.

Susan who is still amazed that it took the "locals" six weeks to find
the pond
shsimko at duke dot edu

[Susan H. Simko]

It's really funny how one person's pleasure is another's pain. I love
the craoking of frogs - all kinds - and actually added bullfrog tadpoles
to my pond to ensure I would have frogs for a little while (at least).
I easily go to sleep listening to frogs croaking, crickets chirping,
owls hooting, bobwhites calling, etc. OTOH, light and vehicle noises
make me crazy. My s.o. and son claim I can hear a car horn honk a mile
away while the loud frog chorus outside does not bother me.

Susan who is still amazed that it took the "locals" six weeks to find
the pond
shsimko at duke dot edu

[K30a]

Some of the Pacific Tree/Chorus Frog eggs that jj gave me have been raised
indoors. (Others in the Frog Bog).
Today one of the little fellows has all his legs and has almost absorbed his
tail. Time for him to leave home and finish out his taddie-hood in the bog.
So out he went, so tiny and cute. Ready for froghood. Crossing my fingers for
him.


k30a

[K30a]

Some of the Pacific Tree/Chorus Frog eggs that jj gave me have been raised
indoors. (Others in the Frog Bog).
Today one of the little fellows has all his legs and has almost absorbed his
tail. Time for him to leave home and finish out his taddie-hood in the bog.
So out he went, so tiny and cute. Ready for froghood. Crossing my fingers for
him.


k30a

[LN \(remove NOSPAM\)]

Did you get them in the mail? Or do you live near by?

I would love to have "musical" frogs, but mine don't make a peep. (this may
be a case of 'careful what you wish for')


--
LN in NH (new gardener in zone 5)
http://photos.yahoo.com/lns_obsessed


"K30a" > wrote in message
...
>
> Some of the Pacific Tree/Chorus Frog eggs that jj gave me have been raised
> indoors. (Others in the Frog Bog).
> Today one of the little fellows has all his legs and has almost absorbed
his
> tail. Time for him to leave home and finish out his taddie-hood in the
bog.
> So out he went, so tiny and cute. Ready for froghood. Crossing my fingers
for
> him.
>
>
> k30a

[LN \(remove NOSPAM\)]

Did you get them in the mail? Or do you live near by?

I would love to have "musical" frogs, but mine don't make a peep. (this may
be a case of 'careful what you wish for')


--
LN in NH (new gardener in zone 5)
http://photos.yahoo.com/lns_obsessed


"K30a" > wrote in message
...
>
> Some of the Pacific Tree/Chorus Frog eggs that jj gave me have been raised
> indoors. (Others in the Frog Bog).
> Today one of the little fellows has all his legs and has almost absorbed
his
> tail. Time for him to leave home and finish out his taddie-hood in the
bog.
> So out he went, so tiny and cute. Ready for froghood. Crossing my fingers
for
> him.
>
>
> k30a

[Tom La Bron]

Jim,

Are your tree frogs hangers on. The ones that show up at my ponds are
there for about three weeks and then they disappear and we don't hear
them until next spring.

Those little suckers sure can be loud.

Tom L.L.
=======================

"Phyllis and Jim Hurley" > wrote in message >...
> Do you know what kind of frog your 'angry duck' is? Our green tree frogs
> could perhaps be so described.
>
> We get used to them...sort of like getting used to the train tracks behind a
> house.
>
> Jim
>
> --
> ____________________________________________
> Check out Jog-A-Thon fundraiser (clears $140+ per jogger) at:
> www.jogathon.net
> See our pond at: http://www.home.bellsouth.net/p/pwp-jameshurley
> "Ann in Houston" > wrote in message
> .com...
> > I know several local ponders who hate them as much as I do. Our pond is
> > just outside my daughter's bedroom window and the noise is enough to keep
> > anyone awake at night. I often find her camped out on the floor of her
> > brothers' room. What can be done to minimize the attraction of them. Our
> > pond is not very naturalistic, as it is just a rectangular koi pond with
> an
> > urn fountain in the middle.
> > Ann
> >
> >

[Tom La Bron]

Jim,

Are your tree frogs hangers on. The ones that show up at my ponds are
there for about three weeks and then they disappear and we don't hear
them until next spring.

Those little suckers sure can be loud.

Tom L.L.
=======================

"Phyllis and Jim Hurley" > wrote in message >...
> Do you know what kind of frog your 'angry duck' is? Our green tree frogs
> could perhaps be so described.
>
> We get used to them...sort of like getting used to the train tracks behind a
> house.
>
> Jim
>
> --
> ____________________________________________
> Check out Jog-A-Thon fundraiser (clears $140+ per jogger) at:
> www.jogathon.net
> See our pond at: http://www.home.bellsouth.net/p/pwp-jameshurley
> "Ann in Houston" > wrote in message
> .com...
> > I know several local ponders who hate them as much as I do. Our pond is
> > just outside my daughter's bedroom window and the noise is enough to keep
> > anyone awake at night. I often find her camped out on the floor of her
> > brothers' room. What can be done to minimize the attraction of them. Our
> > pond is not very naturalistic, as it is just a rectangular koi pond with
> an
> > urn fountain in the middle.
> > Ann
> >
> >

[jammer]

On 24 Jul 2003 18:44:34 GMT, (K30a) wrote:

>
>Some of the Pacific Tree/Chorus Frog eggs that jj gave me have been raised
>indoors. (Others in the Frog Bog).
>Today one of the little fellows has all his legs and has almost absorbed his
>tail. Time for him to leave home and finish out his taddie-hood in the bog.
>So out he went, so tiny and cute. Ready for froghood. Crossing my fingers for
>him.
>
>
>k30a

I probably should have kept a few inside, but i did get to see one a
few times before it disappeared. Those things just vanished. Do you
ever get little worms for the babies? I had planned to, but the
picture I had of my mind was no where near reality.

[jammer]

On 24 Jul 2003 18:44:34 GMT, (K30a) wrote:

>
>Some of the Pacific Tree/Chorus Frog eggs that jj gave me have been raised
>indoors. (Others in the Frog Bog).
>Today one of the little fellows has all his legs and has almost absorbed his
>tail. Time for him to leave home and finish out his taddie-hood in the bog.
>So out he went, so tiny and cute. Ready for froghood. Crossing my fingers for
>him.
>
>
>k30a

I probably should have kept a few inside, but i did get to see one a
few times before it disappeared. Those things just vanished. Do you
ever get little worms for the babies? I had planned to, but the
picture I had of my mind was no where near reality.

[K30a]

LN wrote >>Did you get them in the mail? Or do you live near by?<<

jj lives a couple of minutes from me, the subdivision next door. We set up a
egg laying 'device' a bobber attached to a nice soft string attached to a
weight. The ones indoors I raised from eggs. Lots of fun to watch and
interesting to all the teenagers who cruise through our house.


k30a

[K30a]

LN wrote >>Did you get them in the mail? Or do you live near by?<<

jj lives a couple of minutes from me, the subdivision next door. We set up a
egg laying 'device' a bobber attached to a nice soft string attached to a
weight. The ones indoors I raised from eggs. Lots of fun to watch and
interesting to all the teenagers who cruise through our house.


k30a

[LN \(remove NOSPAM\)]

Thanks for clearing that up. I'm new to this ng and thought you guys really
do mail EVERYTHING!

--
LN in NH (new gardener in zone 5)
http://photos.yahoo.com/lns_obsessed


"K30a" > wrote in message
...
> LN wrote >>Did you get them in the mail? Or do you live near by?<<
>
> jj lives a couple of minutes from me, the subdivision next door. We set up
a
> egg laying 'device' a bobber attached to a nice soft string attached to a
> weight. The ones indoors I raised from eggs. Lots of fun to watch and
> interesting to all the teenagers who cruise through our house.
>
>
> k30a

[LN \(remove NOSPAM\)]

Thanks for clearing that up. I'm new to this ng and thought you guys really
do mail EVERYTHING!

--
LN in NH (new gardener in zone 5)
http://photos.yahoo.com/lns_obsessed


"K30a" > wrote in message
...
> LN wrote >>Did you get them in the mail? Or do you live near by?<<
>
> jj lives a couple of minutes from me, the subdivision next door. We set up
a
> egg laying 'device' a bobber attached to a nice soft string attached to a
> weight. The ones indoors I raised from eggs. Lots of fun to watch and
> interesting to all the teenagers who cruise through our house.
>
>
> k30a

[O3raledale]

how long does it take a tadpole to become a frog? I purchased a few (3)
tadpoles at the pond store a couple of weeks ago and I'm patiently awaiting
their coming out. :)
-Pat
( a newbee)

[O3raledale]

how long does it take a tadpole to become a frog? I purchased a few (3)
tadpoles at the pond store a couple of weeks ago and I'm patiently awaiting
their coming out. :)
-Pat
( a newbee)

[K30a]

Hi Pat,

Depends on the species of tadpole
and where you live.
Bullfrog tadpoles will turn into a frog
next summer. Sooner in the South, longer
in the North.
Same with most Greenfrog taddies.
And it all depends what stage you got them at,
newly hatched, left over from last year?
All others will turn by summer's end. But you have
to take in temperature of the water and the amount of food available.
Bullfrog and Greenfrog taddies can get very large.
Others stay smaller in comparison.


k30a
yearly brother website posting
http://www.30acreimaging.com/

[K30a]

Hi Pat,

Depends on the species of tadpole
and where you live.
Bullfrog tadpoles will turn into a frog
next summer. Sooner in the South, longer
in the North.
Same with most Greenfrog taddies.
And it all depends what stage you got them at,
newly hatched, left over from last year?
All others will turn by summer's end. But you have
to take in temperature of the water and the amount of food available.
Bullfrog and Greenfrog taddies can get very large.
Others stay smaller in comparison.


k30a
yearly brother website posting
http://www.30acreimaging.com/

[dkat]

Sang it to our children when they were little and ended it with
"perhaps she'll cry"
DK
"LeeAnne" > wrote in message
...
> Hey what happened to the line....
> ....
> She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
> **(that wiggled, and jiggled and, tiggled inside her)**
> and on and on....
>
> LeeAnne
> "Snooze" > wrote in message
> thlink.net...
> > "RichToyBox" > wrote in message
> > news:hT%Sa.103731$GL4.27195@rwcrnsc53...
> > > Get snakes, they love them.
> >
> > Get snakes to get rid of the frogs? Reminds me of this old lady, perhaps
> you
> > guys have heard of her?
> >
> > There was an old lady who swallowed a cow,
> > I'm not sure how she swallowed a cow.
> > She swallowed the cow to catch the goat,
> > She swallowed the goat to catch the dog,
> > She swallowed the dog to catch the cat,
> > She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,
> > She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
> > She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,
> > I don't know why she swallowed a fly.
> > Perhaps she'll die!
> >
> >
>
>

[dkat]

Sang it to our children when they were little and ended it with
"perhaps she'll cry"
DK
"LeeAnne" > wrote in message
...
> Hey what happened to the line....
> ....
> She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
> **(that wiggled, and jiggled and, tiggled inside her)**
> and on and on....
>
> LeeAnne
> "Snooze" > wrote in message
> thlink.net...
> > "RichToyBox" > wrote in message
> > news:hT%Sa.103731$GL4.27195@rwcrnsc53...
> > > Get snakes, they love them.
> >
> > Get snakes to get rid of the frogs? Reminds me of this old lady, perhaps
> you
> > guys have heard of her?
> >
> > There was an old lady who swallowed a cow,
> > I'm not sure how she swallowed a cow.
> > She swallowed the cow to catch the goat,
> > She swallowed the goat to catch the dog,
> > She swallowed the dog to catch the cat,
> > She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,
> > She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
> > She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,
> > I don't know why she swallowed a fly.
> > Perhaps she'll die!
> >
> >
>
>

[O3raledale]

K30a,
Thanks for the info.
-Pat

<<Hi Pat,
Depends on the species of tadpole
and where you live.
Bullfrog tadpoles will turn into a frog
next summer. Sooner in the South, longer
in the North.
Same with most Greenfrog taddies.
And it all depends what stage you got them at,
newly hatched, left over from last year?
All others will turn by summer's end. But you have
to take in temperature of the water and the amount of food available.
Bullfrog and Greenfrog taddies can get very large.
Others stay smaller in comparison.

k30a
yearly brother website posting
http://www.30acreimaging.com/>>

[O3raledale]

K30a,
Thanks for the info.
-Pat

<<Hi Pat,
Depends on the species of tadpole
and where you live.
Bullfrog tadpoles will turn into a frog
next summer. Sooner in the South, longer
in the North.
Same with most Greenfrog taddies.
And it all depends what stage you got them at,
newly hatched, left over from last year?
All others will turn by summer's end. But you have
to take in temperature of the water and the amount of food available.
Bullfrog and Greenfrog taddies can get very large.
Others stay smaller in comparison.

k30a
yearly brother website posting
http://www.30acreimaging.com/>>

[~ jan JJsPond.us]

LN in NH asked K30:
>Did you get them in the mail? Or do you live near by?
>
>I would love to have "musical" frogs, but mine don't make a peep. (this may
>be a case of 'careful what you wish for')
>
>"K30a" mentioned that:
>>
>> Some of the Pacific Tree/Chorus Frog eggs that jj gave me

Handed delivered. After K30 took a 6 week writing course in care and
feeding, filled out a 10 page affidavit of guardianship. Removed all fish
from said bog, she was then allowed to collect said frogs eggs from my lily
pond.

I'm very picky about who takes my froggie eggs home, and I'm so lucky that
none of my neighbors mind the racket of their carrying-on.

I do believe though their croaking becomes more white noise-like the more
there are. Only problem is when they all shut up at once, now that can snap
your eyes wide open! Especially if the silence last longer than a few
moments. I've been known to get up with a flashlight to see what all the
silence is about. ~ jan :o)

See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
To e-mail see website

[~ jan JJsPond.us]

LN in NH asked K30:
>Did you get them in the mail? Or do you live near by?
>
>I would love to have "musical" frogs, but mine don't make a peep. (this may
>be a case of 'careful what you wish for')
>
>"K30a" mentioned that:
>>
>> Some of the Pacific Tree/Chorus Frog eggs that jj gave me

Handed delivered. After K30 took a 6 week writing course in care and
feeding, filled out a 10 page affidavit of guardianship. Removed all fish
from said bog, she was then allowed to collect said frogs eggs from my lily
pond.

I'm very picky about who takes my froggie eggs home, and I'm so lucky that
none of my neighbors mind the racket of their carrying-on.

I do believe though their croaking becomes more white noise-like the more
there are. Only problem is when they all shut up at once, now that can snap
your eyes wide open! Especially if the silence last longer than a few
moments. I've been known to get up with a flashlight to see what all the
silence is about. ~ jan :o)

See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
To e-mail see website

[~ jan JJsPond.us]

I had one tree frog still croaking up until 10 days ago. Now all is silent
out there. :o( Course when I work in the yard I find little frogs now and
then and that is always cool. Needless to say, other than dang earwigs, I
don't see many bugs in my yard. I wonder if they don't like earwigs? Or
their pinchers are not to be toyed with as an appetizer? ~ jan

See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
To e-mail see website

[~ jan JJsPond.us]

I had one tree frog still croaking up until 10 days ago. Now all is silent
out there. :o( Course when I work in the yard I find little frogs now and
then and that is always cool. Needless to say, other than dang earwigs, I
don't see many bugs in my yard. I wonder if they don't like earwigs? Or
their pinchers are not to be toyed with as an appetizer? ~ jan

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http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
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[K30a]

We have a jar of jj's taddies on the kitchen table (you have a certain outlook
on things to live in our house...) All of a sudden DD let out a yell, "Stop
that! You just stop!!"
One of the bigger taddies had taken ahold of a snail and shook it right out of
its shell.
Like, ewww!
Today I'm feeding them some jellied shrimp, somebody obviously would like a
little protein.


k30a
yearly brother website posting
http://www.30acreimaging.com/

[K30a]

We have a jar of jj's taddies on the kitchen table (you have a certain outlook
on things to live in our house...) All of a sudden DD let out a yell, "Stop
that! You just stop!!"
One of the bigger taddies had taken ahold of a snail and shook it right out of
its shell.
Like, ewww!
Today I'm feeding them some jellied shrimp, somebody obviously would like a
little protein.


k30a
yearly brother website posting
http://www.30acreimaging.com/

[Anne Lurie]

"~ jan JJsPond.us" > wrote [about frog noise]

[major snippage]

>Only problem is when they all shut up at once, now that can snap
> your eyes wide open!

Jan, decades ago I read a short story about (I think) some would-be robbers
in Mexico. They thought they had snuck in successfully because they did not
hear any dogs barking -- only to find out that it was the *silence* that
had given them away to the town, because the local dogs normally barked all
night!

Anne Lurie
Raleigh, NC