Frog Songs and Toady Barks....
This weekend was busy and productive, yet relaxing.
Saturday morning we woke up to the sounds of a chorus from our fire bellied toads in their vivarium, followed up by the tree frogs in theirs. Interestingly enough, the toadies have a very soft, pretty, song like croak , whereas the tree frogs make a very loud, almost bark like sound. We love the songs, that is unless it's 4:00 AM, then it's just a wee bit annoying!
We still need to consolidate the outdoor ponds, bringing the fish from the back yard pond to the front pond. Our front pond has some really pretty koi (3 large and about 17 medium) that seem to have lost most of their appetite now that the cold is here. Our back pond has medium sized common feeder type Goldfish that have lived their lives outdoors and they still seem to have an appetite. As the days and nights getter colder, even the goldfish will go into their winter metabolism. It will soon be time to put the pond heater in the water.
My husband installed some pond lights in the front pond and we now have red , blue and green underwater lights for the pond during the evening hours. I just love going out onto the front deck and watching the pond with all the fish. It's amazing how relaxing watching flowing water and fish swimming can be. With the pond heater, we can even enjoy the fish in the middle of winter.
This past February, we had a couple of sunny days, and although the snow was still on the ground, the sun helped warm the front pond enough that some of our hibernating frogs came up for a look see. It was hilarious watching these confused frogs floating around the pond, looking out at all the white snow surrounding them. Needless to say, they soon decided that it was better to go back down to the bottom of the pond and continue their hibernation.
Still no word from the bank on the offer submitted 2 weeks ago! I'll try our real estate agent latter this afternoon. Happy Monday!
Baltic Waves
Saturday morning we woke up to the sounds of a chorus from our fire bellied toads in their vivarium, followed up by the tree frogs in theirs. Interestingly enough, the toadies have a very soft, pretty, song like croak , whereas the tree frogs make a very loud, almost bark like sound. We love the songs, that is unless it's 4:00 AM, then it's just a wee bit annoying!
We still need to consolidate the outdoor ponds, bringing the fish from the back yard pond to the front pond. Our front pond has some really pretty koi (3 large and about 17 medium) that seem to have lost most of their appetite now that the cold is here. Our back pond has medium sized common feeder type Goldfish that have lived their lives outdoors and they still seem to have an appetite. As the days and nights getter colder, even the goldfish will go into their winter metabolism. It will soon be time to put the pond heater in the water.
My husband installed some pond lights in the front pond and we now have red , blue and green underwater lights for the pond during the evening hours. I just love going out onto the front deck and watching the pond with all the fish. It's amazing how relaxing watching flowing water and fish swimming can be. With the pond heater, we can even enjoy the fish in the middle of winter.
This past February, we had a couple of sunny days, and although the snow was still on the ground, the sun helped warm the front pond enough that some of our hibernating frogs came up for a look see. It was hilarious watching these confused frogs floating around the pond, looking out at all the white snow surrounding them. Needless to say, they soon decided that it was better to go back down to the bottom of the pond and continue their hibernation.
Still no word from the bank on the offer submitted 2 weeks ago! I'll try our real estate agent latter this afternoon. Happy Monday!
Baltic Waves
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