Heeeey, darling!!!! Thanks!!!!!!!

Hiii Dave … not the first, but one of. There’s a challenge for teeny tiny things that I thought this would be a good entry for, lol!!! Nothing gets me rooting around in my computer’s closets like a challenge!!!! Thanks for visiting!!!

Hi Brian!!!!! Thanks somuch!!!

Thanks Lynda!!! A tree frog?? Maybe … I sure couldn’t tell ya … I’ve never seen frogs in trees here … farther south, though, yes. I wouldn’t have bothered posting this one except there’s a challenge and you know me!!! LOL!!!! Thanks for stopping by, hon!!!!

LOL!!!! Hiiii sweetie!!! Thank you, thank you!!! I’m sure they hop over from wherever it is they’re hiding … and it just seems to be tons worse when it rains. LOVE the new camera … still getting used to it, of course!!!!!!

LOL!!! Yeah, I hear ya. I tried to get him to smile … funny jokes, tickling, the usual, but nothing. SIGH … well, ya can’t please everybody!!!! I considered the title “Hey, Baby, Come Up To My Place??” haha .. think that fits better???

Yeah?? They eat insects, that I know …

Oh, Dee, thanks so much, sweetheart!!!! i just love these little guys … when they’re a bit older and I scoop them out, I’ve actually had them SING right in my hand!!!! Isn’t that just the coolest thing??? I have to get up early every morning and hurry down to the pool to try and get them all before they … well … you know … go toes up …

lol … it does kind of fit his expression doesn’t it??? Should I change it??? I thought of photoshopping a cigar in his mouth, you know, drooping down from his lips … but thought that that might be overkill … hehe … THANK you, sweetheart!!!!!

Hiiii jacqi!!!!!! Thank you, sweetheart!!!! No, I’ve got my Prince … my Dear Hubby … not looking for another one!!!!

Hey Denis … thanks so much, hon!!!!! Glad you enjoyed it!!!

Hiiii sweetheart!!!! Thank you!!!! Yes, I think you’re right … I think this is a toad. The toads are bumpy and gnarly and quite friendly as opposed to the frogs which are sleek and not nearly as friendly. At least, that’s my opinion of it all … after all these years and all these semi-aquatic critters!! Yepper .. taken with the new camera … and yep … all the lenses and even the SB400 speedlight work just great!! YAY!!

thanks, sweetie!!!!!

Thanks, Bill, hon!!!!! So glad you enjoyed him!!!!

LOL Nadine!!!! It does look like that!!!!

Oh, sweetie … soooOOOoo much fun!!!!!! Thanks so much for your visit and good wishes!!!!! hugzzz!!!

Hiiii Pauline!!!! Thanks sweetie!!!!! Yes, they are soooo eeeensey Weeeensey!!!! I couldn’t resist playing with them!!!!! I’ve got several shots of them sitting in the dew-filled cups of ivy leaves too … lol … simple pleasures for simple minds, I guess!!!!!

Thank you thank you, sweetie!!!!

LOL … Oh, Beve … there was a challenge that this fit so perfectly!!! I just couldn’t help myself!!!!!

Thanks, Gina, hon!!!!!

LOL!!!! He does have an odd look on his face, it’s true!!!! I guess you can’t blame him … he’d just spent the whole night swimming and being drowned in the rain!!!! I tried to get him to smile for the camera, but no luck!!!!

thanks, Ann, hon!!!!!!

thanks, Wynnie!!!!! They really are sooo adorable!!!!!

Hi Carlie!!!! I’m so glad it brought a laugh for you!!! YAY!!!

Hi Evita!!!! Thank you, sweetie!!!!

Hiiii Blair!!! Oh, sweetie, it wasn’t so much a “find” as it was a “put” ... I stuck him in there for a few secs … I’m positively dangerous when I’ve got my camera with me!!!!!

Hi Ingz!!!!!! Thank you!!!!! He doesn’t look too pleased with me … but I had fun!!!!

thanks, Bela!!!!!

Hi Agnes!!!! Oh, this guy is just a baby!!!! Trust me, they get quite large!!!! One evening I went out to put something in the mailbox and somehow a toad … about the size of a grapefruit … hopped into the house and was sitting in the front hallway when I came back inside!!!! HAH!!! Did I yell!!!!!

Thank you so much Alf!!!!!

Hiiii Linda!!!! Isn’t he just?????

Hi hon!!!!! Thank you!!!!!! I do too!!!

Thanks, sweetie!!!! Yep … they’re VERY small and sooo cute!!!!!

Cora … you sweetheart!!!!!!! Thank you sooooooo much!!!!! I’m always honored by a Feature in your wonderful group … you know how much I love writing, too!!!! Thanks, sweetie!!!! Hugzzzz!!!!

LOL!!! Carolyn .. how right you are!!!! We do have quite a lot of music coming from that area from about February on!!!!! I think these little guys have a ways to go yet before they’re singing … but maybe soon!!!!! Thanks for visiting, sweetie!!!!

Hiii Juju!!!!! Thank you, hon!!!

Hiiiii Isa!!!!!! Thank you, sweetie!!!! It’s a fun one, for sure!!! LOL!!!

Hi Paul!!!! Thanks so much for your visit and lovely note!!!!!

Hi Shellbee!!!!! Thank you!!!!!!

That’s exactly what’s happening!!!! I’d say we had at least a hundred about a week ago … every morning it’s been slightly less … but the rain has stopped for now, too, though, lol!!! And it really does rain frogs here (no one will believe me!!!) Every once in awhile I’ll get a normal size guy, but usually it’s the teensy ones. And you’re right. In another couple of weeks it’ll be all normal ones … I wonder if the babies grow that fast?? Those skimmers are a riot aren’t they … I NEVER know what I’ll find when i lift the lid. The most fun is when there’s a very slender little head peeking out of the hole .. you know what I mean???

Thank you so much … I’m still getting the hang of it … but it’s an exceptional machine, for sure!!!!

I have to laugh .. had the same exact thing happen here last year … daggone turtle was … just like you said .. the diameter of the skimmer!!!! Ya just never know!!!! LOL!!!!

Thank you so much, Irene!!!

LOL!!!! Great, great story, sweetie!!!!! I think you and I must be soul-mates … as much as we enjoy these little guys!!!! Had a regular sized one (bigger than a walnut, lol) in the skimmer today. He would have been a singer, I think … I didn’t have the right lens on the camera or he might have had to so some modeling for me too, lol!!!!!

Hi Marchello!!!!! No, there’ll be no kissing of frogs by me!!! I am one of the very lucky ones .. I have my prince!!!!!! Thanks so much for your fun note and visit!!! i appreciate it!!!

Thank you, thank you sooo much, Anne-Marie!!! I truly, truly appreciate it!!!!!! hugzzzzzz!!!!

Thank you oh so much!!!!! I’m so honored!!!!

Hiiii John dear!!!!! How wonderful to hear from you!!!! Now .. the D300 … although larger and heaver than the D40 … feels like it was BORN in my hands!!!! I think it would be a very comfortable fit in a man’s hands, too. I do not have the super add-on battery pack … that probably would make it quite a bit heavier and it does make it larger. But the standard works like a charm. My strongest recommendation would be to get to a camera shop and “try one on” ... to see if you like its shape and heft. There’s a sort of a grip on the right side … textured … which makes the handling of it very easy feeling. The camera’s controls themselves seem almost intuitive to me … the ease with which shutter and aperture can be switched around is astounding in comparison to the D40x. Lastly, I STRONGLY recommend the 18-200mm vr Nikon lens. If I’d gone ahead and gotten that one to begin with, as a friend of mine recommended, I wouldn’t have two lenses that I probably won’t get much use out of anymore … the 18-135 and the 70-200. Both lovely lenses .. .but the 18-200 works for both. Now, the only down side I’ve found is when my 70-300mm is all the way out, I had a bit of camera shake the other evening, but curiously, not this morning. I’ll have to get back to the gym and tighten up the arm muscles a bit, I guess, lol!!!!! Let me know which one you decide on, hon!!!!!! thanks so much for dropping by!!!!!!!! Hugzz!!!

thanks so much, Bonnie!!!!!!! Glad you enjoyed it!!!

Hey Bob!!!!!! Thank you, thank you!!!!!!!! So glad you enjoyed this one!!!!! Hugzz!!!!

Hi Karen!!!! Thank you, thank you!!! Yes, these guys are just adorable!!!! And don’t think your bull frogs aren’t cute in their own way … I bet if you started snapping them you’d fall in love with them too!!!! And you’re right … I’ve got a series of these guys in ivy leaves … one of which I might post at some point as well … they’re very willing to play along .. bless their hearts … after their night-long swim … they’re willing to do just about anything!!!!

Hiii BigD!!! Thank you soo much!!!

Well, YAY!!!!!!!! Thank you thank you thank you!!!!!!! Soooo exciting!!! Hugzzzz!!!!!

thanks, hon … sooo good to see you … and so glad you enjoyed this one!!!! Hugzz!!!!

Hiiii Reneeeeee!!!! Thanks, hon!!!!!

Awwww … well, remember what John Constable said … “I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may, light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful.” lol!!!

HAHAH!!!! Yes, it IS!!! how did you know??? I had the devil of a time getting his crown away from him!!!! But you know, I just thought, the crown would be a bit much??? ROFL ROFL!!! Thanks sooo much for your visit and great comment!!!

John, I hear ya on the lens investment. I really do … my best advice is to go hold each!!!! Get a feel for each!!! Then … if you have a Penn Camera near you .. you can RENT them for a week or a weekend … and that should finalize the decision for you!!! Once you go Nikon with the 18-200mm vr … then you’ll find you’ll want a macro … then you’ll want something a little longer .. it’s never ending!!! So maybe renting both for a while … seeing how you like the way they operate, and most importantly, how you like the final images. If you don’t have a Penn Camera, maybe ask around … I bet others will do it as well.

Hey darlin’!!!!! Thank you!!!! This one was taken with the new camera!!! YEEE HAAAA!!!!!

Hiii Jason!!!! Thanks so much!!!!

thank you so much!!!!! So glad you enjoyed this goofy little shot!!!

LOVE your “toadily awesome” comment!!!! And so glad you got a kick out of this fun one!!

Hiiiii Elisa!!!!!!! I see you made it home safely!!!! Wasn’t today AWESOME????? So glad you enjoyed this one … thanks so much for stopping by!!!!! Hugzz!!!!

Thanks, sweetie!!!!! So glad you enjoyed it!!! I can’t tell you what a fabulous toy it is!!!!! I’m learning new stuff every day … it’s SUCH a hoot!!!!

David .. how wonderful of you to stop by … so glad you liked my little buddy!!! They are just such fun!!!! My note to Rod was heartfelt … that was a doozie, wasn’t it?? And that’s the beauty of the “fave feed” ... I get to see so many images that I’d miss otherwise!!! So I do thank you for introducing me to his work!!

LOL!!! FroggieRock, eh???? I LOVE it!!!!! Thanks for stopping by, hon … and so glad you enjoyed this little fella!!!!! I do love them so!!! Especially when they get old enough to sing to me!!!! Hugzzz!!!

Karen, you sweetie!!!! Thank you!!!! But please know that I PUT him in the flower, lol!!!!! Evil me!!! But only for a few seconds, then off into the grass he went!!!!!

thank you so much!!!!!!! I’m glad you enjoyed the detail … new camera … still figuring it out, lol!!!!!

Thank you very much!!!!

Thank you, Lori … you are the QUEEN of critter shots!!!!!! I’m thrilled that you enjoyed this one!!!

Thanks so much … I think some people might be a little turned off by the froggie … but I adore them, lol!!!

Rod, thank you so much!!! Yes, the new toy is a treasure!!! So glad you enjoyed this fun one!!!!

Tim thanks soooo much!!!! I’m sooo loving the new camera!!! YAY!!!

Shaun … thank you so much!!!

thank you again!!!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!

Thanks, sweetie, aren’t they cute!!!!!!

Thank you!!!!!!

Thanks, Rosy!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks so much, Danielle!!!!!!

LOL!!! Hey Tibby!!!!!!! Thank you so much, sweetie!!!!! Isn’t he cute??

Thanks so much, Brian!!!!

Awwww .. Mike … thank you sooo much!!!!!!!

Hi Jennifer!!! Thanks so much, sweetie!!!! I’ve been snapping frogs again the past few mornings … so may have to upload another one before long, lol!! So glad you enjoyed this one!!!!

Hi Kathy!!!! Thank you!!!!!

Thank you!!! So glad you liked this one!!!

Richard, I’m so glad you enjoyed it!!! I originally uploaded this one for a challenge for tiny things and thought the sizes of the flower and toad would be a fun contrast!!

A very belated but very heartfelt thanks!!!!!

Ryan … so sorry I missed your note earlier!!!! Thank you!!!!!

thank you!!!!! YAY!!!!!!! by the way I love your little hoppy toad!!! How ADORBLE!!!