The Frog BY HILAIRE BELLOC
Be kind and tender to the Frog, And do not call him names, As ‘Slimy skin,’ or ‘Polly-wog,’ Or likewise ‘Ugly James,’ Or ‘Gape-a-grin,’ or ‘Toad-gone-wrong,’ Or ‘Billy Bandy-knees’: The Frog is justly sensitive To epithets like these. No animal will more repay A treatment kind and fair; At least so lonely people say Who keep a frog (and, by the way, They are extremely rare).
Emily Carter ~ Nature as Art 
Beautiful, Emily.
And I, personally, have ALWAYS seen frogs as princes.
And princesses.
❤
Thank you so much my dear. This fellow was so cooperative. Did my Navy seal crawl to get up and close and filled the frame with him.
OH my goodness. SO adorable. Do you mind if I paint him? Or try to, lol.
Absolutely you should Laura ! Ping me when you post it. Thank you!
Like Maggie, I always thought I should kiss one for kicks!
Frogs are very sensitive to the environment. They are called an ‘indicator species’ as seeing them (or not) in a wetland area can tell you the areas health.
I was lucky enough to see a bunch of green treefrogs last weekend! Eeeeee! They were so cute! 🐸🐸
Oh man..I’m so jealous of your green tree frogs. Have yet to find one in Maryland. These frogs are happy, happy, happy. They live in the water fountains at Ladew Topiary Gardens. I know they appreciate the water as we’re having a hot drought right now.
He’s absolutely GORGEOUS – what a beautiful capture! 🙂
Awww..thank you Joanne! BTW, are you on Flickr? Seems they liked him there too as he was explored. As you can imagine, I did the Navy crawl on the pavement to get up close to him. It was my good fortune that he didn’t hop away.
Oh please tell me you were wearing your camouflage gear and you shall have me smiling all day – LOVE your enthusiasm! Oh, and no, have never made it to Flickr {sigh}.
Ok..it was even better Joanne. I was actually dressed in nice street clothes, crawling on the ground.
Flickr is free and fun to use for creating your own library. It’s saved me a few times when I couldn’t find my original image. 🙂
LOVE IT!
And as the children appear to be absolutely “shattered” from their first week of school, I may just lock myself in the Studio this evening to explore Flickr. Have a great week-end! 🙂
Do enjoy, and find me there !!
Will do for sure!
I do love frogs, they have so much to say about our world that is so interesting.
Indeed they really do reflect the health of our environment don’t they. Just wait Charlie until late November. I’m going to Costa Rica ! Frogs galore!