Work in Progress

This is a swinging frog statue that hangs from a tree with rope ( rope is removed for painting ) that I am repainting for my parents.  These little guys tend to fade over time and I like to repaint and seal them so they are weather proofed as well as bright, shiny and like new!  I always forget how horrible they look after just the first coat of dull paint, before any touchups or detailing is done.  Should have an after photo of this guy soon along with another one!  ( I promise it will look much better in the end - here is the before and after of the bear I repainted. )

It Was a Hoppin' Weekend! - 6/52

First up - this week's animal photo - one of the many frogs that live in the pond:

We had an extremely busy holiday weekend.  Jami & Larry were down from Indy from Friday to Sunday.  We had a huge Labor Day bash to break in the new homestead on Saturday, which yielded a turnout of about 40 people.  Lots of food was consumed, jello shots were popular and the fishing was good.  It was a great time and I can't wait to do it again!  Unfortunately I was too busy to even think about taking photos and didn't get a single one.

With the holiday weekend I took off my half day Friday to get the house cleaned up.  I have today off for the holiday and I have tomorrow off for working the fair last week - not a bad deal!  So today we're running some errands, cleaning up around the house, and hopefully relaxing and enjoying the beautiful weather this week has brought!

And for duck updates - we lost three of the original four to what we thought was a snapper in the pond.  So we got three more to put the number back up at four and got bigger ones.  This time the larger one went missing.  After thinking about it we have come to the conclusion that the coyotes are getting them.  So we put up an electric fence around the tree they roost under and haven't had any come up missing since.  They are getting big and right now I'm calling them my Tweens.  ;)  As you can see, their color is starting to come in.

Dogs and Frogs

Project 365: 101/365

Buddy likes to patrol his yard every few hours to make sure everything is right in his world. Today as I was trying to get bullfrog photos (see below) I looked up at him standing up on the hill and checking on the yard.  He's beginning to get hot already with all that fur.  I brushed a large flower pot worth of fur out of him today with the FURminator (best dog brush ever!) and he's bound to feel a tad bit better.  Soon he'll get his summer Pyr cut to help keep him cool, even though he spends most of his day loafing on the couch.

 

This is one of the many bullfrogs that inhabit our Koi and goldfish pond.  They are still pretty skittish right now, but as summer approaches and they get used to us being around the pond they get braver.  He ducked under the water as soon as I got one shot of him.