Yesterday I spent the afternoon at the Atlanta Botanical Garden (highly recommend for Atlantans, Georgians, visitors, worth a day trip...) and shot all kinds of pictures. For the first round of sharing, a few shots I took in the "frog pond" at the "Children's Garden." It was great b/c there were kids there and I was pointing out to them where to ( Read more... )

November has heralded its arrival in Brisbane with many humid days that end in dramatic thunderstorms. It's the traditional harbinger of summer here, and while us poor primates may be finding the weather oppresive, but it's heaven for frogs.

( Oh yes, there are pictures. )

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I love frogs. Truly I do. I was even planning on making a career of it. So imagine my delight when the frogs around the new house started making themselves known, in the best way that a frog can:

Grawk!

I recorded this on my dodgy MP3 player from my back steps, then cleaned it up a bit with Audacity. They were deafening! Towards the end of the ( Read more... )