Isn't Nature Wonderful?

A few posts back I mentioned that our backyard garden pond is FULL of tadpoles. I thought maybe I would try to get a picture of some of them. It's hard to take pictures in the pond because of reflection, but we managed to get a pretty good shot. The entire pond is like this...covered with the little wriggling creatures. I also mentioned that some of them were starting to get their legs...

Some of them now HAVE their legs - all four of them. Here is a baby frog sunning himself...herself on a rock by the pond. He is the size of your pinkie fingernail! If you click on the picture to enlarge it, you can see him better. Cute!

Here is one of our newest varieties of cone flower, "Big Sky Sunset". I love how unusual it is. It is not fully open yet, but you can see the pink underside and orange inside the petals. If you look very closely (enlarge) you can see that we actually captured a bee gathering pollen. The bee is not our usual looking honey bee, so we'll have to investigate to see if we can find out what kind it is. He is green and has stripes! I don't think I've seen this type here before, so it's a little backyard mystery.

I've been working on my cat rug today, so hopefully after I get a little more hooked, I will post a progress picture. Hope you are having a great day. It is HOT (94 degrees and very humid) today, so going outside is like stepping into a steam bath.