If I Were Only A Herpetologist

There is a tree frog somewhere in, on or around this house. We know this because its Big Tree Frog Noise has been reverberating throughout the place for Hours Now. I wish I could find it, because I just love tree frogs. And I could take a pic for the blog.

How about this?



He [or she -- I didn’t pick him (or her) up] was sitting next to the driveway when I left for work yesterday. He (or she) is probably a Painted Turtle. He’s may be a grown-up version of Little Greeny



who lives in an aquarium in the downstairs computer room with Little Snapper, both of who came from our pond. We have a hundred --or so -- turtles in our pond. Mostly snappers and Painted Turtles and Map Turtles. I add qualifiers to my identification of specific turtles because I’m not that good at it. I honestly don’t know what Little Greeny is. Probably a Painted Turtle. Maybe.