Leaves from the kousa tree were blown down by the wind, and many went straight to the waterfall. I looked for the frogs before raking and assumed they were not there. I used a child’s rake to lift some leaves out of the lowest pool. As I raked the next higher pool, one that is shallower, the frogs jumped into the deep pool! There was no time to focus on them, so I’m not positive there were two, but I think there were. The water was murky, preventing my seeing them. I shall be much more careful the next time I approach the pools. It’s nice to know that the gentle waterfall has not scared the animals away. The water is still flowing at a little more than half it’s maximum rate.
Jumping Frogs
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Mehrling Muse 
I am glad you got to see your frog residents.
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That’s wonderful news! 🐸
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If I have already given you this quote I came across forgive me..”A single frog in your garden is Nature whispering you’re doing something right”..of course I thought of you.
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That was my first reading about a frog in a garden. I love the thought! Thank you for thinking of me!
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Oh how lovely that you have been able to see the frog
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I’m relieved I didn’t hurt the frog when I was removing leaves.
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It’s a good New you saw the 🐸 residents. Good jump the 🐸.
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A daily dose of nature is good for the soul. It is like having backyard pets, like a squirrel.
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I like your idea of backyard pets.
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Yes, a little critter that comes running, or in your case hopping, when you come outside. You know that frog may have been there for a while, hiding and using the waterfall when you and the dog were inside.
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I’d like to think the frog has been there a while. I don’t run the waterfall in cold weather, but the pools do stay filled with water.
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Oh I didn’t realize the pools stay filled all Winter, like a pond using a “bubbler”. Frog is probably hibernating there then.
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It would be difficult to keep the ponds dry, since they are spread apart. I don’t run the pump in the winter.
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Okay, I see … your Winters are colder now than they used to be as to snow/ice.
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The temperatures here go well below freezing all during the winter.
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I don’t know why I thought it was so mild there – I’m probably confusing it with South Carolina. When my mom and I visited North Carolina in 1992, it was the second week of May and we wanted to drive through the Smoky Mountains and the hotel desk clerk said to wait until afternoon due to the threat of black ice … mid May.
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We had a very cold spring this year.
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It’s been an awful Spring for us too – we had two back-to-back flukey temperature days back in mid-March and late April which was far from normal. We dropped 25 degrees from Wednesday to Thursday. I had to put the furnace back on.
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I turned the heat pump back on, too.
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I may have to turn the A/C on … it really got warm in here. It’s still humid from all the rain. I was trying not to turn it on due to the wildfire smoke.
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It isn’t hot enough for A/C here yet.
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I like that time where you don’t need heat and you don’t need the A/C. My bill (for gas/electric) was just $47.00 the other day. I would like that amount more often!
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