Happy Mother’s Day

I know, you all are probably tired of all these nature updates, but, people, this is my life. This place is a just steps away from becoming some sort of petting zoo.

In the midst of the chickens and the snail, you probably thought we completely forgot about the tadpoles. I assure you, they’ve been trucking along, and have now emerged as teeny, tiny toads. I really should have placed something in this photo for scale, because you could probably fit four of them on a dime. Omigosh, they are cute.

Anyway, one of the most mature kicked the bucket, and I remembered I had read that once they complete their phase as toadlets, they need to eat live food. Which I don’t have. And don’t wish to have. So tonight they headed back to the pond.

Amazing to think that on Easter they were newly laid eggs, and precisely five weeks later, they are fully formed toads. Mother Nature, on this day that we celebrate all our mamas, I’m going to need to find you a really good card, because you are delivering in spades.