Meet the Frogs!

They may look the same to some, but here are the three main visitors to the pond

This bigger one may be responcible for the frog spawn - then one of you will tell me that this is actually a male!

If I'm sounding abit over the top with these frogs please forgive me, but I've waited nearly four years for the pond to be accepted by the wildlife. I felt like a property developer who couldn't sell his flats and had squatters - the fish, in my case who appeared from nowhere, seemed to scare off other pond dwelling creatures. When I find my first newt I'll probably scare them all off myself as I whoop for joy!

One day my Football Hating Prince will come...

Having had the pond for four years now I like nothing more than to venture out at night with a torch to see what's lerking amid the vegetation, so it came to no surprise to find the resident frog taking the evening air. The thing that startled me was I found it sat on a lily pad! I thought this only happened in Fairy Story Illustrations (!) as I had never seen it for myself. Declined to give it a kiss as my Prince was indoors watching Match of the Day - then again if this frog didn't care much for football it might be a different matter! If he's there tonight I'll ask him!!!!

Hiding amongst the Iris stems were two other frogs, I wish they would go over to the flower bed and clear up the slugs that a bent on munching through the vegetation!