Nothing Happens At Ten

Happy 4th of July

Posted on July 4, 2019 by kimerer_brian

DG and all of us here wish you a very happy 4th of July.

Uncle Sam

I told DG to be careful with that sparkler or he might light his fake beard on fire and lose face.

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How small are they?

Posted on July 3, 2019 by kimerer_brian

So, our new toads are really tiny. But how small is “really tiny”? Check this out…. one of our toads hanging out over a dime.

Toad over Dime

You could fit a dozen of those guys on that dime.

It gives new meaning to the phrase “Dime a dozen”.

Dozen’t that make you stop and think?

Ok. Bad pun. Back to the cookouts.

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Big, Fat, Grown-up Toad

Posted on July 2, 2019 by kimerer_brian

As promised, I managed to find a photograph of one of our grown-up toads.

Grown-up Toad

My son snapped the photo of this big guy trying to hide under a leaf. I guess the toad hasn’t yet realized how big it has grown and still thinks it can hide under a leaf.

Kids these days!

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Tadpoles have Frogged

Posted on June 28, 2019 by kimerer_brian

Yep. The tadpoles have started to frog.

Did you notice how I just verbed the word “frog”?

That isn’t correct. But that is because these are toads, not frogs. However, if I say “The tadpoles have toaded”, it just doesn’t have the same ring to it. Know what I mean?

Anyway, here is the tadpole tank, with a rock in it for the toads to sit on.

Tank

Here are the tadpoles.

Tadpoles

And here is the toad, sitting high and dry on the rock.

The Toad

It is a tiny little thing, but it is a real toad. Take a closer look.

Reminds me of a Muppet®.

DG was surprised to see how small they are.

DG and a Toad

Yep, it’s a real, live toad.

We released it into the yard to go eat bugs and grow. The toads do grow big and fat in our yard. I will try to catch a photo of a grown-up next time I see one.

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Maine

Posted on June 17, 2019 by kimerer_brian

We just got back from our week in Maine. It was a good trip, and we saw a lot of new stuff as well as going back to our old haunts.

DG got over his allergies, and joined us for the trip. On one of our side trips we all drove down to Popham Beach. The Google robot gave us good directions on all the twists and turns in the road as we drove the blue highways down the peninsula. However, when we started to go back, the cell phone lost its connections, and all we got out of it was “Sorry, you need the internet to do this”.

Oops.

DG got a little upset.

DG Pounding Phone