"What matters most are the simple pleasures so abundant that we can all enjoy them...Happiness doesn't lie in the objects we gather around us. To find it, all we need to do is open our eyes.”
- Le Petit Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Soundtrack :
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMI3PA3LUXQ
Our Corner of the Universe - K.S. Rhoads (The Little Prince trailer)
I did not see the other little froglet to the left at the back until after I put my pictures on my laptop. That's how small they are! Do you think there looks like a shark's head with the lily pads and the rose petal as the lower jaw and the little froglets as his eye and nose! These little froglets must be very careful !!!!! I think they are deserving of a poem. Look how he still has a little tail : 0)) Oh, I already know it is not the bestest picture in the world, but it is cute, right, and lightens the mood, which is what we all need right now!
: 0) Happy Weekend everyone! <3
For a moment I was worried
the smallest hoverfly swung by
and on the lily pad was sitting
the tiniest froglet smaller than the fly
could he be Le Petit Prince
if I kissed him would he transform
from frog to Prince and tall in stature
safe from the fly and free from harm
he sat so still I wanted to poke him
I saw a stick nearby
but he was so cute and perfect sat there
I was afraid that I would make him cry
so I took a photo to see more detail
and noticed that he has a few bumps
could it be that he is a toad
or a tiny frog who has the mumps
I do not know enough about them
I assumed that once they absorbed their tails
they would blow up to life size frogs
not so small you could fit twenty inside a snail
what do they eat now they are no longer tadpoles
I have been feeding them goldfish food
I half expected them to turn into goldfish
you are what you eat and it affects your mood
alternate days I fed them tropical fish food
but they preferred the goldfish one
some of my cats tried to lap it from the water
attracted to the smell and having fun
one cat scratched a nearby log
and out of the corner of my eye I saw a lot of things spring
into the water with barely a splash
myriads of froglets or toads or somethings
nature is a big learning curve
it teaches us things we might never know
and also I learn about myself
I learn patience and compassion and wish on a rainbow
I wish I wish with all my might
that the little frogs will stay with me
that they will not look beyond the walls
that they will choose here to raise their families.
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