...where'd ya get that peeper?:
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On the bathroom wall, according to my son. I was weeding in the herb garden yesterday afternoon when he came out of the house to show me what he found when he was getting ready to take a shower. He set it free after a quick photo-shoot and went back in to wash off some of that animal magnetism.
The nights have been full of the songs of the peepers (also known as Pacific chorus or tree frogs) in the wetland for several weeks now, and I hear them off and on around the house. It's almost impossible to actually find one--they show themselves when they want to--and where they want to, evidently.
On another note, I disturbed a woolly bear caterpillar while I was weeding, and it immediately curled up to protect itself. I set it under the sage bush, out of the way, to recover--when I looked back to check on it and maybe get a photo, it was gone. It's not unheard of to see them this time of year, but they're more common in the autumn.
Your turn: What's peepin' and creepin' in your neck of the woods?
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