The froglets like jumping buttons are leaving the pond. Hundreds of them! Three or four weeks back they were like guests that had outstayed their welcome and I longed for them to pack their tails, grow their legs and leave.
And now there is an exodus of tiny frogs and others queuing to attempt the rather steep climb out of the pond and I’m now sorry to see them go.
I’m left with the remedial group: the real slow and lazy ones who see absolutely no need to hop it. They too are developing legs so I guess in a month they will be gone too.
One of the fun things has been watching the tadpoles eating the fish food. This particular food (intended for koi carp) floats on the surface of the water like multi-coloured marshmallows and the tadpoles quickly learnt to swim on their backs and nibbled on them. So many at a time did this that anyone just glancing in the pond would have seen tiny marshmallow-sized fish food travelling in every direction, creating a wonderful visual work of ever changing art.
A tadpole kaleidoscope.
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