Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Tiny visitor

A few days ago, a small frog got inside our screened-in back porch. I hate when that happens, because I can't always capture them or shoo them out, and sometimes I'll find a small desiccated corpse.

Well, this frog got in, and when I went after him, he lit out for a pile of buckets and other gardening junk in the corner, so I couldn't find him. Lamenting that he'd probably cross the river Jordan before too long, I sadly went about my business. 

Fast forward to today, and Mrs. Paco called me to the porch to show me something. She was repotting some plants, and in an old yogurt cup, which contained a small plant destined for a bigger pot, she spotted this...


That little mottled blob to the right of the plant is our interloper. It found a place to hunker down, it seems, until a rescue was effected. Mrs. Paco gladly released it into the wild.

Now, if I can just find that blue-tailed skink...

11 comments:

  1. Stephen A SkubinnaJuly 19, 2022 at 3:34 PM

    I've been having a real problem on my property with snipes lately. Maybe you could come visit and help me hunt them?

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  2. I'll bring the sacks if you'll do the call. Do you think we need beaters?

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  3. Good for you and Mrs. Paco. I have a tiny frog hanging out on my patio among my tomato and pepper pots, and I have to make sure neither I nor the dog step on him.

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  4. As for snipes, do you fry or grill them when you catch them?

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    1. It depends on a person's preference, I guess. Fry on weekdays, grill on weekends.

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  5. Wrapped in bacon and cooked on a rotisserie is best, in my opinion. What are your thoughts, Stephen?

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  6. As we all know, everything is better with bacon. Your rotisserie suggestion sound good. What about chicken fried snipe?

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  7. Stephen A SkubinnaJuly 20, 2022 at 3:47 PM

    I like to poke a stick up their butt, batter and deep fry them.

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  8. They are, of course, good eating, but I usually opt to use the ones I catch as bait for the even tastier (but difficult to prepare) cockatrice.

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  9. Stephen A SkubinnaJuly 20, 2022 at 6:05 PM

    Cockatrice are pretty good, if you cook them the same way you do jackalope.

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  10. And washed down with tea made from tanna leaves. Yum!

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