I saw him from far away,
sitting high on an old wooden trellis.
What did he say?
"I have my eyes on you Missy!"
"Good," I said, "I have my eyes on you too.
I may not have your fancy binoculars but
my 20-20 vision will do."
With that we smiled and gave
a bit of a wave, telling each other,
in a nice way, to behave
and wished, in that whimsical way,
to have a very nice day.
Yes, well a poet she is not!
I found froggy a long, long time ago in my favorite garden. I don't think he is there anymore. I have seen him two or three times since but I'm sure he has rusted away by now as the last time I was there, he was nowhere to be found. I have taken pictures of our froggy before. I am hoping one day he will appear in our garden, at least maybe a cousin of his. I can dream. Everyone needs a rusty old frog in their garden, don't they?
Ah well now, time to get sensible and get head out of clouds, and talking about clouds...
I actually wanted to go to a farmer's market a couple of miles away but was a bit too late getting there. I looked for my honey (Gregg just looked up and I had to tell him no, not you Honey). That would be the honey I use to top my yogurt off with. I am running out of it and saw loads of honey at Sprouts, but didn't see the one I am looking for. Still on the hunt as I have a bee in my bonnet for this one local honey, pardon the pun, and for the groaners. It's late and my brain is getting a bit past its bedtime.
Instead, we bought a couple of pears, a piece of fresh ginger so that I can slice it and put into my tea, some Asian Pork Dumplings, quite small and they went great with the freshly made shrimp and vegetable sushi, also bought at Sprouts. We had this for our dinner. I think that was about it for our shopping trip. It was a nice, short trip but we got a bit of sunshine and that was lovely. A bit too hot but we weren't in the heat for long. Cooler today - 85 degrees F. (30 degrees C. I think that is). We have had it in the 90s for a few days and it has started to get hot and humid.
Okay, whimsical side just left. As I said it's late and I am off to bed. Sweet dreams everyone and have a great time tomorrow/today.
Thanks for stopping by.
Hi Denise, love ❤️ this post and beautiful photos, dear friend. And the frog 🐸 at the end made me smile. 😊
ReplyDeleteSo glad froggy gave you a smile Linda and thank you so much my dear friend :)
DeleteI do like the spying froggie and his poem! I have herd of Sprouts, they must be a chain. But I have never seen any.
ReplyDeleteThanks Ginny :) Apparently they have been in this location for a couple of years but I hadn’t heard of it until hubs found out about it a couple of months back. We finally decided to go check it out. It is not an area we are in that often as our regular shopping places are in the opposite direction by several miles. Besides this one in Manassas, there is one in Herndon, another in Leesburg and a fourth one will be opened in Arlington in 2026.
DeleteVery beautiful poem Denise.
ReplyDeleteCreate images along with the photos!
It's hard to find good honey!!
The image you made for the end is very beautiful, I really like that you put an image according to the post!! I hope you sleep well, it's morning here, Good morning!!
Good morning Katerina and thank you for your lovely comment :) Thank you for mentioning my signature frog. I always have fun finding the graphic and adding my signature to fit my theme. It’s a fun hobby! I actually found a dress design to put on this little frog, all added in Paint Shop Pro, an old program I have had for many years.
DeleteLike the frog, I have one hiding in my garden too.
ReplyDeleteSeems you had a nice day out and yes, it's a bit warm to be walking in the sunshine and heat, Denise. Take care.
Thank you Margaret, I certainly will :)
DeleteThat's a lovely poem and I love the frog!
ReplyDeleteThank you Nicole, I am happy you enjoyed :)
DeleteThe great honey hunt continues! I hope you're soon successful.
ReplyDeleteA fun way to put it Janice, thank you :)
DeleteI know you will recoil in shock at this, Denise, but I do think I can live out my days without a rusty frog in the garden. Call me shallow, but that’s the way it is!
ReplyDeleteI would never call you shallow David, rusty old frogs are not for everyone :)
DeleteWe had many frogs in our VA garden and now we have one outside our apt entry relocated from our former front porch, along with the penguin.😉
ReplyDeleteHow lovely! I am glad you brought him with you, along with the penguin :)
DeleteWonderful photos. Those clouds are something else eh! Amazing :-D I love the rusty frog :-D
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Ananka. It certainly was a gorgeous sky yesterday and it makes me smile you liking the rusty frog. Thank you for sharing that :)
DeleteCute poem and frog sculpture. The sky looks lovely. I have past by a Sprouts, not sure where though. I have a few places to buy my local honey. I try to buy extra in case they run out. Take care, have a great day and a happy weekend!
ReplyDeleteI might buy an extra bottle myself when I finally find what I am looking for. Thank you Eileen, I wish you the same :)
DeleteWhat a cute frog that is. I like all the cloud pictures too. Yesterday I spotted the place that sells local honey. It was just a few minutes away from my house. They had the sign in the front yard. I didn't stop but instantly though of the post talking about local honey
ReplyDeleteThat’s great Ann :) and how fun you thought of this honey talk when you saw the sign.
DeleteDid Sprouts sell any Sprouts Denise. You should write more poetry Denise it was OK.
ReplyDeleteHi Roy, lovely to see you :) Thank you for the nice compliment. The muse doesn’t come to me that often so people are safe from that, lol!
DeleteCute frog and sweet poem. Hope you find him again.
ReplyDeleteLove interesting clouds, sky-watcher that I am.
We keep bouncing between around 90 and 80, it seems. When we drift into the 70s I am one happy camper. ;)
Hi Rita, I hope so too :) I am a sky watcher too. I look forward to the 70s!
DeleteInteresting combination of the imaginary frog to a standard day to day staple of buying food.
ReplyDeleteI never know which direction my brain is going in these days :)
DeleteThat sounds like a good store. Loved the frog. Pity about the rust! Or maybe not. It's charm!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jeanie and yes, I would say definitely part of the froggy’s charm :) The store was lovely and very big inside. There is more left for us to explore .
DeleteMorning Denise I must say this...I enjoyed the 'ribbiting' Froggy post.
ReplyDeleteHugs Cecilia
Morning Cecilia or I guess afternoon now :) so glad you enjoyed. Sending hugs!
DeleteThe poem and the frog gave me a smile.Our humidity is very high. It's not possible for me to spend much time outside. You'd think we would have a farmers market close by but we don't.
ReplyDeleteThank you Sandra and so glad this gave you a smile:) I know what you mean as we were going for a walk but the humidity level is quite high today. Maybe later when the sun is going down.
DeleteHappy weekend
ReplyDeleteThank you Christine, you too :)
DeleteSo cosas muy curiosas las que te encuentras y has querido compartir.
ReplyDeleteQue tengas un buen fin de semana.
Muchas gracias por sus amables comentarios. Los aprecio mucho y les deseo un feliz fin de semana :)
DeleteAn enjoyable post.
ReplyDeleteI liked your poem and frog sculpture.
Those clouds are lovely.
Have a happy weekend.
All the best Jan
Thank you Jan, I appreciate that very much. You have an enjoyable weekend also and all the best :)
DeleteSprouts is good. I was impressed enough by it that I bought stock in it last year and it has already doubled.
ReplyDeleteThat’s great Linda, I hope it keeps doing so :)
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