Look Who Came To Dinner!

Riveting
Cleaning the sink after dinner I noticed something on my glass lanai door as I was gazing out the window thinking about today's blog. Obviously this gentle little creature was not what I had planned for today. It was dark and I only had the porch light to work with as I did not want to scare him with my flash. From the hall inside I took a couple of shots of froggy glued to the window, a suction cup kind of action, almost an invasion of his privacy! Belly and fingers flattened like we use to do as children pressing our nose against a window. I walked out thru another door to capture his backside.
My guess is that there was good eating around the lone shinning light. Flying creatures in a frenzy like state of being, sensing a ferocious predator! Guess you can never have to many frogs around, not particularly fond of insects myself!
Hubby arrived home just in time to enjoy the show, however froggy remained frozen in place, one eye fixed on my lens. 
Go away lady, how rude of you to interrupt my dinner, may have been his froggy thoughts. 
Wonder if he would have liked some of that seaweed stuff I've been eating? 
We respected his imaginary wishes and went inside, only later to discover that he had vanished. 
Guess I never know where my next inspiration will come from, sometimes they just drop by inviting themselves to dinner! How pleasantly rude!

Hang In There!

Hang In There
"When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn."
~Harriet Beecher Stowe~
We have all been there at some point in our lives haven't we?  I just loved this quote, along with this photo. With a little cropping, I added a filter and then a texture layer. The title came next. A pretty powerful message for this little guy to deliver!
Our daughter Kathy, took this photo of Mike, her son and our grandson, holding this colorful amphibian like creature. Mike, caught Mr. Frog, with a fishing lure, quite by accident the other day. He carefully removed the hook from his mouth and released him back into the pond. He struggled for a while, but posed reluctantly for this photo to be captured. In a pretty tight place, would't you say. 
Thank goodness for boys and their fondness for slimy quick moving little critters. I guarantee you that between my daughter and I, this photo would have never happened. Cute to look at, but holding him!? We left  that one up to Mike! 
I am sure froggy may have suffered a bit of a sore throat and maybe even a bruised ego, but alive and well he survived the day. He just hung in there!