Showing posts with label frog. Show all posts
Showing posts with label frog. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

The Lotus are Blooming!

This season, everything is blooming early. The lotus have popped out 2 weeks early!  I hope they will last for a long time, since I have a Garden Conservancy tour here on August 4th.

The delicate flowers are always soothing to the soul and the leaves undulate gracefully in the breezes.

Other flowers that are blooming now are the Foxgloves and Day lilies.  And of course there are numerous frogs leaping into the pond as I walk by. No scarcity of them here!

Lotus


Frog

Day lily

Frog

Lotus behind a small willow

Day lily

Lotus

Lotus

Fox glove

Foxglove

Saturday, September 3, 2011

Frogs and Lotus in September

To my surprise, a frog came up from the pond to the garden where there is a pool and fountain. It had to travel about 50 feet and then hop vertically 2 feet to get to the little pool. How cute he/she was balancing on the side of the rubber liner.  Here are a few shots before he jumped into the water. So, why did he make that long a trip when the pond is large enough for hundreds of frogs?  Who knows.

Then I wandered down to the pond and hundreds of frogs squeaked as they were startled into a leap back into the water.  There are still a few lotus in bloom, so I photographed them.  Lovely sunny day thus far.

Enjoy the holiday weekend!