A frog’s a very happy thing,
Cool and green in early spring,
Quick and silver through the pool,
With no thought of books or school.
Oh, I want to be a frog,
Sunning, stretching on a log,
Blinking there in splendid ease,
Swimming naked when I please,
Nosing into magic nooks,
Quiet marshes, noisy brooks.
Free! And fit for anything!
Oh, to be a frog in spring!
Spring Wish By John Farrar
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Copyright 2010 TatyanaS
Wonderful pictures, I love frog art in the garden. Your sculpture of the frogs holding up the earth is especially nice. You're so lucky to have so many spring blooms in your garden. Great post!
ReplyDeleteI love your cute frogs and beautiful blooms!
ReplyDeletethis was fun to look at - I love your quirky imagination Tatyana. amazing where those daffodils turn up in your garden!
ReplyDeleteDear Tatyana, This is a posting to fall in love with for it combines beauty, touches of humour and great imagination. You have been to so much trouble to arrange this, and have given it such thought, that looking and reading this has been one of the highlights of my day.
ReplyDeleteGreat fun and such joy - thank you so much.
Glad to see spring has sprung somewhere. We have a couple of kinds of wood frogs native here, a fact I didn't know as a kid. I thought we were a frogless state.
ReplyDeleteChristine in Alaska
I wonder if there's an 'ode to a toad' somewhere out there!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite is the 5th picture. That is adorable.
ReplyDeleteI have a few frogs hanging around my garden too...love them. Your soft focus photos are so good.
ReplyDeleteVery creative! Those miniature daffodils are simply enchanting!
ReplyDeleteI love gardens where each step can introduce you to something unexpected such as your garden art. I love the frogs especially.
ReplyDeleteHow beautiful, I can't wait for spring to come!
ReplyDeleteHow very cute, I think the Daffodil Fairy deposited daffodils all over your garden. Love the daffies with the Hellebores. Your frog poem is great...would you believe I went to grade school with a John Farrar? I am sure it isn't the same, just a fun coincidence.
ReplyDeleteThose daffs have sprung up in the most unlikely places. ;-) Cute photos!
ReplyDeleteGreat frog art! And happy spring to you...
ReplyDeleteLove the whimsical touch with your daffodils and garden art! Always enjoy your posts :)
ReplyDeleteTatyana, I love your traveling daffodils... poetic and joyful post dotted with beautiful blooms! You have quite a collections of frogs! You should alert them that Daffodils are poisonous! ;>))
ReplyDeleteMay I ask where in the country these were taken? Such lushness around you~
ReplyDeleteThank you, frog- and daffodil-lovers! I had fun looking for the creatures in the garden who would agree to hold flowers. My frogs were very cooperative!
ReplyDeleteGretchen, this is the Pacific Northwest, Washington state.
What! We still have snow!!!!
ReplyDeleteLOTS of it!!!
To night we hade -10 degrees!!!!
I want spring to!
Linda
I like your frog sculptures, I have a couple of frogs in my garden too. I put a small wildlife pond in the garden last year which enticed a couple of real frogs into the garden too.
ReplyDeleteTatanya .. I haven't been here for a while (my brain cells have been totally scattered for a while ? LOL) You have your blog looking fantastic and what a perfect post for me to be back for : )
ReplyDeleteI totally LOVE frogs and have quite a few of them (only as garden art sadly) in my garden too : ) I wish I could keep a water feature to draw some in and have them sing for me : ) Do you have real ones visit ? You have such a beautiful garden they MUST !
Love the post girl : )
Joy
PS I had a pet one as a child his name was Alfred ;-)
Delightful poem.
ReplyDeleteNot sure I'd really want to be a frog.
Happy Spring!
Lucy
Beautiful prose, Tatyana! And I love the yellow splash in your photos...nice touch!
ReplyDeletePoetry and frogs! I love the frogs!
ReplyDeleteGood morning Tatyana
ReplyDeleteNow that was fun. I kept scrolling down to see where you were going to stick the daffodils next. LOL! You have some cute statues around in your garden. I like the fiddling cat.
What a delightful poem and such lovely hellebores
ReplyDeleteTatyana, your photos are a treat for my eyes. It's blogs like your's that gets a Northern gardener like me through a long, cold winter.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the poem, too!
Hi Tatyana~~ We're big fans of the frog in these parts. Love the poem and your decorating with daffodils is delightful.
ReplyDeletePoetry and great pictures = great post!
ReplyDeletebeautiful pics! were you using a special lens or did you play with certain pics in photoshop? i like the effect ...
ReplyDeleteagree with edith hope that it combines beauty, touches of humour and great imagination. I love your muscari bulbs as they grow well here as well. Are yours fragrant? mine were a little bit. Other blooms are pretty as well. great post for bloom day.
ReplyDeleteThose are some gorgeous photos Tatyana. I love the artwork in the gardens.
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Tatyana,
ReplyDeleteWhat gorgeous photos! I love the way you've played with the daffs in all the pictures. I like to do the same thing with daylilies.:-)--Randy
I got a kick out of the daff photos! Makes me think I need more garden art.
ReplyDeleteSpring is looking very beautiful in your garden, Tatyana. Isn't it wonderful to see color again? My first crocus blooms opened yesterday to keep the little snowdrops company. Pure joy!
ReplyDeleteYour daffodils make a fun accent on all your cute statues :) Lovely pictures!
Happy, happy spring!
Great photos! Love those daffodils.
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