A Boy, a Dog and a Toad

I love little boys and little boy’s joys. Boys and dogs and frogs are special! But boys and dogs and toads are my specialty. (Frogs are much harder to catch!) Carmel the dog is visiting and so are my grandsons. Carmel started digging in a hole behind my Hydrangeas. I have seen that hole for weeks and thought it was a chipmunk hole. But instead the boys were excited to find a big, handsome toad in the hole!  Since early spring we would find a toad in the yard nearly every time the boys came over. And every time he was a little bigger. But with the drought we are having this year he seemed to disappear. He was deep in his hole keeping cool. Now his hidey hole has been discovered. As usual he was treated to a little vacation resort creation in the kiddie pool……and some one-on-one time with his favorite admirer.  (No toady creature was hurt while photographing for this post!)