Just When I Thought My Night Was Over

I was letting the dogs out for their potty break before turning into bed when I heard a suspicious noise. My stupid pond filter/pump had broken while I was on vacation. I had since taken off the part at the very top that makes the water spray out all pretty. Since then it kind of just comes out the end of the tube in a big gurgle, not that pretty but functional non-the-less. Anyway, Mike fixed the pretty sprayer part tonight and put it back on. Well, by 10pm, the now very powerful fountain had tipped over and had been spraying for who knows how long into the plant area, emptying the pond! Luckily, the pump cannot pump water underneath of it, just down to the level of the pump, giving my poor fish and inch or two of water! However, as I walked to the door to let the dogs out and heard the awful noise of the pump, pumping air, not water I went into hysterics. I've had a couple of those fish for years and I'm sort of attached. Also, the last time this happened the fish had less than an inch of water and were flopping around. I pictured them shriveled up as I ran to turn on lights and grab a flashlight. I dashed outside in my underwear to find the fish looking a little worried about their surroundings. I finally was able to take a deep breath as I realized they were not shriveled up. I got the hose and started filling the pond back up. Hopefully the "new" water won't shock them into death. Stay tuned!

Here is the pond, after I had put some water back into it. While I love this pond and its shape, I have to say the pump/filter are not that suited for it. The sprayer is so tall, often it will tip over in a heavy rain storm. It has emptied on several occasions that way, I have learned to check it often during our frequent storms. We have since learned to anchor it down with...of all things...a stepping stone with Loki's pawprint on it.


Whilst I was waiting for the pond to fill I shined the flashlight around to find some wildlife. And what did I find? We have two treefrogs that live above the window by the pond. They come out during the night to make babies. Here is the mother. Please note. I tried to get Mike out of bed to take a pic with his fancy camera but he does not like walking around in our backyard in his underwear. So you are left with a blurry, could be closer, shot


This is the dad. I can tell because he is way more macho looking.


And these are the babies. I mean, am I Jeff Corwin or what? I found all these suckers in seconds! See there, those two brown spots on the stems? Those are fully developed air breathing frogs with some leftover tail. Am I the only one excited right now? I know you can't see every little detail of their cute little bodies but dang!


This sucker jumped out at me while I was running for the hose. I narrowly missed him with my averaged sized foot! He is NOT a tree frog.