Tads Day - Forty-One - Party of Two

Didn't think that these two greenies shouldn't have to wait any longer for their release to 

the great urban outdoors.

 

 

There's no mistaking these for twins, says the red-eyed frog to the ambered eyed one. You're

almost pickle green to I must be getting hungry. Hungry for the great outdoors.

Under the cover of early morning, next to the stately potted Afrocarpus. Home to one other said 

frog gets two more.

Now who's greener?

One of these looked for a short bit to as if it was going to get this far.

I had it in ICU for a day with it's buddy.

The one that has accomplished it's hang ten while the dizzy one is splayed out on the ground

with the least effort. Before arriving here it was spin swimming as if it's GPS or inner gyroscope

was on the blink. I didn't this was a fitting ending for a frog in a Talenti container so I scupped

it up and placed it back into it's container high up top the rock. Where it and it's mate chilled 

through the transformation with flying green colors as shown above.

The ambered eyed one with all the distinct aberrations might have been one of the several tiny 

tads that were  part of this school of tads and that brings our total of Fifty-Three and three

more to go where one froglet as already scaled the mighty wall of glass.

One, the climber, also known as Fifty-fifth.

 

Two and three or the one showing to the right will be the Fifty-sixth and the tail to the left

will be the Fifty-seventh, if all goes well.

Tall Aralia Gets Some Needed Bracing

 

 

 

Neighbor gave me some Curly Willow sticks that came in handy for bracing this tall

Aralia.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tads Day Thirty-Seven - Release Party of Five Plus One

 This party will bring the total of forty-six frogs off to a jumping start in life.

We had another tad death, which makes it three and I don't think I was including

them in my total count. An Accountant I am not and this release fell on around

the 7th of August.

First I would like to introduce Bendy the beautiful mermaid tad. First one in the

world that made up this last party. Close your eyes, because it's a stunner. Slowly

open your eyes, less you go blind by it's beauty.

I know, right?

Front end says this way and the back end has other plans and look at those curves. Hey, it got this

far with no problems.

 

 

Look  you all, no curves, as it mourns, it's uniqueness. 

 

 

Another night release and entirely new location, side of house next to drive way.

 

 

 

Wow, and you guys thought climbing a sliver of concrete was fun.

Sometimes little hoppers need a helping hand. Notice the begonia leaves, they are from my

graduating class of plant props. So these frogs from the graduating class of fast tracked

home school.

This one was so happy it peed on it's self.

 Which brings me to the Plus one.  I thought all six had been released and to only find out

that this wee one hopped back on board. As I sat their container on the counter for a rince

and wipe down I spied this guy but it was on the wrong side of the glass, as in on the 

outside of the glass. I immediately grab it gently and walked out the back door to be 

re-released, hence the Plus One by it's lonesome, next to this beautiful potted Afrocarpus

 and that leaves me with five remaining tadpoles, or pollywogs as we would call them when

first introduced to these wee ones, when I was a wee one.

Fresh digs and if you look to the right you will see the next candidate in making that fateful climb.

Or so I thought at the time.

Tads Day - In The Life Of

A typical day in the life of captured tadpole.

After a thorough wipe down that gives this frog a nice place to stick to, including his belly.

With four to five rain water changes a day that coincides with three to four feedings. A turkey baster

comes in handy.

A fresh pour of rain water. This time of the year there's plenty where that came from here in central Florida. I also have nine fifty-five gallon barrels of stored rain water for my other thirsty collection        of , you guessed it, plants.

The little guy to the left who just now decided to make the climb dictates the water level

this time around.

Their waste water goes to those special plants and knowing this constant gardener, there are lots

of those.

Tads Day Thirty-three - Big Party Of Thirteen

There are about sixteen ready for the jump but of those three or four still have tails.

Will have to supervise this send-off a bit closer. No id checks other than if they have

a tail, this includes dark stubs with no tail.

The tank is in dire need of a wipe down to. It's not like they are going to clean up the

place before they leave. Unless, I charge them a security deposit... hehe.

This high point is a great place to jump off from and into the great outdoors. Sunday

evening here and just after sundown and under the cover of darkness.

One of thirteen as a representative of this evenings get away, which brings us to a total of forty with

approximately fifteen to twenty left. 

Fewer photo ops at night, right?

One Yellow Swallowtail Coming Up

Had to zoom in to make sure there's no egg laying going on.

Hmmmm...I count two possibly potentially suspect white spots. Will have to check those.

I just noticed that the yellow on this butterfly is nearly white. Will have to check on my white

balance in the processing.

What a beaut.

Viability Check

after a month, these Juniper props still look promising all

except three. This is my second attempt with this variety .

I changed up with the growing medium to see if it will make

 a difference.

Looks like a meal prep for a meat loaf. Just remembered to, this second

go round, I made these cuttings considerably smaller.

Now let us just cross our collective green thrumbs.