It’s a beautiful time of the year at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park (affectionately known as fmg.) Granddaughter has been more interested in the play area with the raised runways and winding paths as there are always kids there that can run together, play hide and seek, etc. This week, though, she said yes…
Category: fauna
FFF 51 — fmg and Monet garden
Everything is still blooming beautifully here and there in Michigan. On Tuesday we met up at fmg. On Wednesday I met up downtown with a friend and took a drive by the Monet Garden afterwards and nabbed a few pics. Still having fish food in the car for the fmg koi, I grabbed a handful…
Mowing Safari
I mowed the grass yesterday. It’s a jungle out there! The most dangerous aspect of it is that the goldenrod is in full bloom and full of pollinators, including so many bumblebees. I did my best to keep far enough away from the fencelines so that my arms didn’t touch them. Another risky aspect are…
what am i?
i’m pretty and round like a mushroomi’m orange-striped like a muskmeloni’m buried in dirt like a seedgreen stems spring from mewhat am i?oh look, i have eyesa special potato?look closeyou’ll seei’m a toad frogbright me.i live in a zoofor me it’s okthey feed me wellcan you tell? Younger son and his fam went to the…
Doodads — August Toads Plus
I mentioned spotting lots of baby toads and many butterflies around the property when I mowed last week. The monarchs seem to have moved on since then but others are still fluttering here and there. Toads are much easier to photograph. The pics posted today are all different ones. What’s impressive is that they were…
Dawn Redwood at fmg
Anybody who has read my blog for any length of time has heard me go on and on about the gardens and feeding the koi at the waterfall pond. Last Tuesday I realized the whole area around the pond has a stand of dawn redwood trees. How could I have failed to see them before?…
Mid-June Miss Toad
Mid-June, while doing a plant check around the yard, I found Miss Toad hunkered down amongst the new prickly pear cacti. She stayed there for a number of days, but now she is gone. I think she chose a dangerous but safe place to rest. I wonder where she is now? soft and warty cool…
Tao Talk 