tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post5778500025119741231..comments2024-03-28T15:50:29.884-05:00Comments on The Nature of Things: Mid-summer in the backyardDorothy Bordershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-30471661628542128362018-08-22T14:58:30.517-05:002018-08-22T14:58:30.517-05:00The tadpoles are coming along nicely. When I visit...The tadpoles are coming along nicely. When I visited the pond today, I saw a few tiny frogs hoping around it and I could see others in the pond that now have four legs. Nature is amazing! Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-74036362800242936492018-08-22T13:53:58.513-05:002018-08-22T13:53:58.513-05:00I would say butterflies have been at moderate atte...I would say butterflies have been at moderate attendance in my yard this summer. We had virtually no rain and lots of hot sun. I loved seeing the other critters and the life cycle of a frog diagram made me think of high school biology where I met my first love!Judy Kruegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11632346091869688862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-66928606869959624152018-08-20T19:06:29.886-05:002018-08-20T19:06:29.886-05:00Dragonflies are cool and I've enjoyed having s...Dragonflies are cool and I've enjoyed having so many of them around this summer. Frogs and their tadpoles are cool, too, but sadly for the little ones, they won't all make it to adulthood. Predators will thin them and once they do come out of the pond, they will begin to disperse, so I think we'll probably still be able to walk in the yard without stepping on them!Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-3379994570845381662018-08-20T16:56:10.200-05:002018-08-20T16:56:10.200-05:00Thanks for the diagram. It helped visualize the cy...Thanks for the diagram. It helped visualize the cycle. ;-)Carmenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10242364668293349799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-23887758098340374342018-08-20T16:55:31.715-05:002018-08-20T16:55:31.715-05:00Poor you if all those tadpoles reach adulthood! I ...Poor you if all those tadpoles reach adulthood! I wouldn't like to be near your garden then. :-D I love that frog pic. It's awesome. As you know I love butterflies, so I enjoyed those pics too. Too bad they haven't been a staple in your garden this season. Seeing dragonflies help, at least they are beautiful and winged too. ;-)Carmenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10242364668293349799noreply@blogger.com