Last Saturday we decided to go for a quick lunch at McDonalds. We usually go through the drive-thru and find a parking spot under a shady tree. We eat our cheeseburger and share a container of French fries, keeping our trash to throw away at home. I generally take water with me in my reusable drinking cup, with a lid on it, as I don't really like sodas and prefer my own filtered drinking water. Picky I know!
On the way home I spotted an odd shape flattened between the side of the car and the rearview mirror. I am in the front passenger seat. Gregg was chatting and I was listening, but at the same time was very focused on that object, which I didn't mention for a while. I first thought it was a bit of trash picked up off the road. We were traveling 40 to 45 miles an hour and all of a sudden the shape moved closer, and much to my surprise I saw that it was a small frog.
"Good grief!" I said to Gregg. "It's a frog!" It was hanging on tightly, but we didn't know how much longer it would be able to do so. Gregg looked for a safe place to stop but there was none right there, and we drove on until we found a side road that had a wooded area, and no traffic. In the meantime, I took a few photos, no surprise there. He was such a cute little frog and he and I had an interesting conversation, as always happens with nature's friends on a Saturday.
How utterly wonderful and charming! And your storyline and captions make it even that much better. It's not every day that one can be an angel to a frog. Very clever of you to figure out he dropped down from a tree.
ReplyDeleteThank you Ginny, so glad you enjoyed :) Not 100 percent certain he dropped out of the tree but it seemed logical at the time. Funny thing is, on those walks we took, I was always looking for a tree frog, never finding one, and then this one dropped into our lap, so to speak :)
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ReplyDeleteYou are very welcome Sue :) thank you!
DeleteWell I just had to laugh when you wrote that a frog was travelling with you :) love your captions too..
ReplyDeleteThank you Margaret, glad it gave you a laugh :) It was quite a surprise.
DeleteWhat a great relief of a tale...my hero was the man in blue...aka Gregg!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Anni, my hero too, always has been :)
DeleteGostei de ver estas fotografias deste belo intruso.
ReplyDeleteUm abraço e bom fim-de-semana.
Andarilhar
Dedais de Francisco e Idalisa
Livros-Autografados
Muito obrigado! Ele é uma criatura adorável :) Um abraço e continuação de bom fim de semana.
DeleteCute post and captions, the frog was hanging on tight. It is a cute frog. have a happy weekend.
ReplyDeleteHappy you thought so Eileen, he certainly was. Happy weekend to you also :)
DeleteLoved your tale. I even read the story to my husband who said “hmm”.
ReplyDeleteHi Linda and thank you for reading it to Bob. His "hmm" made me smile :)
DeleteOh my, that poor little frog must have been hanging on for dear life traveling down the road. You and your husband saved the day.
ReplyDeleteThank you Anne and yes, I felt very protective to that little frog when I saw him hanging on for dear life. What a story he had to tell his new friends in the wood :) He probably still smells of French fries, LOL!
DeleteAww! Lucky frog.
ReplyDeleteVery much so, thanks Christine :)
DeleteWhat an adventure for the frog! Glad that he is safe in the nature now.
ReplyDeleteMe too Angie, what a ride he had :)
DeleteWhat a great story using your many photo.
ReplyDeleteThank you Red, much appreciated :)
DeleteI have 14 post under cuban tree frog and his name is freddy. this one looks a lot like my freddy but yours is gray and ours is green. yours has more spots. so glad you saw him and stopped and rescued him from death by falling off the moving car. I love this post, each photo is priceless.
ReplyDeleteI looked up the Cuban tree frog, that's very interesting. I didn't know there was a type going by that name. Happy you enjoyed the photos and captions, thank you :)
DeleteSo if the cops had seen this and your husband had said, "I'm just putting this frog in the undergrowth", would they have believed him? HA! Good for you, saving the little guy!!
ReplyDeleteNow that made me smile Kay, and thank you :)
DeleteWow...now that must have been a big surprise to see that critter hanging on tight. Fun story line you came up with, too. How kind you two are with critters.
ReplyDeleteThanks Ellen, so kind of you to say so, and it certainly was a big surprise. My eyes definitely got wider when I saw the little guy, and then we immediately went into rescue mode :)
DeleteI absolutely adored this darling tale, Denise! What a sweet couple you both are. You and the frog whisperer are a couple of sweeties. Thank you for sharing about Freddie. I'm sure he had a lot to tell his friends that day.
ReplyDeleteYou are very welcome Martha Ellen and thank you for the sweet words. Rescuing Freddie just seemed the natural thing to do. The little guy must have been glad to get down and back into natural surroundings. And what a story for him to tell as you say :)
DeleteWhat a wonderful post.
ReplyDeleteLove the photographs and the captions :)
All the best Jan
So glad you enjoyed our little frog story Jan :) Thank you and all the best to you too :)
DeleteA lucky frog!
ReplyDeleteVery lucky, thanks William :)
DeleteWhat a lovely 'adventure'!
ReplyDeleteHi Betty, so glad you enjoyed. Thank you :)
DeleteWow! I haven't seen a frog in Hawaii for a long, long time. By the way, we're planning a trip to England next spring. If you have any advice, I'd love it.
ReplyDeleteHi Kay, that's interesting about the frog. How wonderful you are going to go to England next spring. I'll get my thinking cap on for you :)
DeleteIt's going to be a Viking cruise again. It will be stopping in London and Liverpool. We're planning to go three days early though and have booked a tour of Stonehenge the morning after we get there. This is a bad risk, we know... but sigh... we're going to try it anyway. Hopefully, the flight won't have a glitch like this last time. Fingers crossed. We wanted to do the early morning tour and it's not offered all the time.
DeleteThat all sounds great and I will keep my fingers crossed for you on the Stonehenge trip.
DeleteI know it's not a toad, but that story was "toad-ly" cool. His little sucker feet must be sore today. Linda in Kansas
ReplyDeleteLove it, thanks for the smile Linda :)
DeleteHi DrumMajor, sorry, I couldn't find a blog link to return the visit :(
DeleteWhat a cute little frog!
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Thank you, I thought he was too :) So nice to meet you and welcome to my blog.
DeleteHello, :=) I loved every moment of your story, and all the cute captions. What an adventure for the little Grey Tree Frog. It was lucky for him that you are both nature lovers, and rescued him with care. I hope Freddy likes his new home, and finds a Fredrica to share it with him.:=)
ReplyDeleteThank you Breathtaking, so glad you found this enjoyable. I hope he finds Fredrica too :)
DeleteWhat a fun post, Denise, and it featured one of our favorites, a frog. It is amazing that the frog was able to hand on and glad it was safely relocated by Gregg.
ReplyDeleteWonderful! Happy you enjoyed :) It was amazing but goes to show how sticky their toes are. Clever little things!
DeleteOh, how adorable! I hope Freddy found some friends in his new home.
ReplyDeleteThere seems to be a lot of these little guys around, so am very hopeful he has settled in. I did read that they are loaners though, and should do more research as now I am very interested in learning more :)
DeleteEeeeeek! That would have really surprised me. I drive through McDonald's once in awhile, and would have never expected that. Your frog photos and quotes are cute. Sometimes I hear a frog croak in the middle of the night, but so far, I've never seen them here in the mountains. Maybe it's too dry for them? That was good of your husband to carry him off to the woods. : )
ReplyDelete~Sheri
Thanks Sheri :) We didn't expect it either. It was quite a surprise! Yes, Gregg is very kindhearted to just about everything and everyone.
DeleteWhat a great feel! Good story! You guys are really good to animals and I love your frog story in his own words. Really well done. Very enjoyable
ReplyDeleteHi Cloudia, happy you thought so and thank you for the kind words :)
DeleteI loved your story and the illustrations! (Do you ever think about making a blog book with your Saturday stories? -- it would be so cute!)
ReplyDeleteI am happy you loved it Sallie. I should make a blog book and maybe one day I will get myself organized. Thanks so much for the encouragement :)
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