Friday, April 2, 2010

Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom...




The other day I went over to Rusty and Megan's house to move their washer and dryer from the garage into the laundry room (Megan and Jen had just painted it)
When I arrived, I rang the doorbell...Rusty answered and I said, "You've got frogs".
(On two sides of their house they have wetlands...on the East side of their house they have a little lake). He agreed and acknowledged the pond. Pointing at the door, I said, "No, look at the door, you have frogs." There were four frogs climbing up the door and three more on the ground in front of the door. We plucked them off and threw them in the grass.
Then we went into the garage...I looked down on the floor and there was a small salamander crawling across the garage floor. There had been a box on the front porch for a couple days and we moved it to the garage. I think the salamander hitched a ride in the box.
* The largest frog was about 2 inches long and the salamander was 3-4 inches long

2 comments:

Scott Taylor said...

Frogs and salamanders? Could be worse - like a home where the buffalo roam and the deer and the antelope play. Makes for bigger messes.

Grandma Taylor said...

I remember seeing a salamander in Fort Collins near the patio. I didn't know what it was. Wonder what wet lands it could have come from - long trip