My Garden Friend

I am off the next few days and so far, I am LOVING IT!

I love to look outside every chance I get,,,,,,I love to walk outside every chance I get,,,,I normally dont have "time" to do this very much!

I live out in the country,,,,,I love animals! I love nature!

Today I saw something very interesting,,,,,,,

Let's see if I can put it into words,,,,,,If I dont succeed at that, I DO have pictures!!! LOL

I have a fountain in my yard,,,,,,it is in a big plastic tub,,,,,There are a couple of things floating in it, a fake lily pad, and a fake turtle(that looks pretty real if you didnt know any better!)

As with MANY things around here,,,,,it doesnt get alot of attention! Right now the water is green! When I walked out there today, the water was very LOW! I try to keep it filled up, I dont want my "pump" to burn up!

SO I was standing there with the hose filling it up with water,,,,,,,I looked at the lily pad,,,,,,,,,I LOOKED AGAIN!!!! There was a toad sitting in the middle of my lily pad!!! It looked so funny!!! How did he get in there?? Can toads swim?

Well, I think they probably cant!

Like I said, I love animals,,,,,, but I am not too fond of toads! I like frogs, I like lizards,I like turtles,,,,,dont ask me why I have a problem with toads,,,,,,,

So I figured once I got the water level high enough, he would just jump on out!

Well, he didnt!

I was afraid if I left him alone, he would fall in the water and drown,,,,,,,????????

So I had a garden tool close by,,,,,,I slipped it under the lily pad and scooped him out onto the dry ground!

Whew! (Sorry, I wish the pictures were bigger!)