The toad prince continues to elude the paparazzi (me and Matthew) but I am still trying to get his photo w/o using a flash. Meanwhile, he is doing a wonderful job eating flies in the barn.
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life and lessons on November Hill Farm
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ReplyDeleteOh, the toad prince! I'm looking forward to hearing more about him. I've got a resident mole and squirrel (I've never seen the mole, just his hills, but the squirrel comes to eat sunflower seeds often) and I hear frogs singing but a toad prince doesn't come along just every day.
ReplyDeleteThe toad prince is being very camera-shy, and as Matthew told me the flash might injure his eyes, I'm having to wait for him to come out during the day rather than evening.
ReplyDeleteHe sometimes appears when I go out to do water buckets in stalls, at mid-day when the horses come in.
I've been keeping the camera out there but no luck yet!
I have an idea that your shed/gallery is a favorite stop for any number of little creatures wanting to enjoy some art. :)
My favourite thing is when the bees fly in the window to buzz around the painted flowery-shapes, and yesterday a big nest (cocoon ?) of the most beautiful golden spiders were all over the sort-of red poppies on the outside, like a cloud, I wish the pictures had turned out better. Each one was the size of a poppy seed, and they glowed in the late afternoon light slanting across the shed.
ReplyDeleteSometimes I think certain things we see just aren't meant to be captured with the camera.
ReplyDeleteI can imagine those golden spider babies on red poppies in the sun.
The toad prince may be one of those non-photo ops. I have the catkins, though, they were happy to pose. :)