Meet Gerald. One can not tell my story of the last few years without including Gerald.
Last spring, a wave of tree frogs appeared in our yard and on our house and my shed. One particular frog soon found that he had access to an unlimited supply of bugs if he sat on top of our porch light at night.
I soon became accustomed to the little fellow’s presence on his dinner light and named him Gerald. I was always careful to make sure that his bug light was turned on.
Throughout the course of the year, I realized that Gerald might be benefiting a little too much from the bug buffet. He began to pack on some chub.
I had been posting about Gerald on Facebook, and as his girth increased, so did concern over his health (can frogs have too high cholesterol?). There was pleading from Facebook friends to “TURN OFF THE LIGHT FOR HEAVENS SAKE!!!”
I considered flinging him out into the yard once a day to force him into jogging his way back to his light top perch, but I was too much of a softy and never followed through.
Anyhow, this spring I was very excited when this guy showed up on top of the light.
But after doing an in depth analysis of the markings on his back, I realized it wasn’t Gerald.
I can’t help but think that he is a relative of Gerald’s, and that Gerald might be responsible for pointing him in the direction of the bug gluttony light. Thus his name is Gerald II.
I’ve come to love my tree frogs and hope they return every year. . . . . And as Tom Bodette would say in the motel commercials, “I’ll leave the light on for you.”
YAY for Gerald and his offspring. We have them as well. A gang of them hang out on a Maple branch that is in the direct light of our outdoor spotlight. I’ll have to start naming them. đŸ˜‰
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I love this! I have a soft spot for them. R.I.P. Gerald. Sometimes we get tiny frogs or toads which cling to our sliding glass door at night. We also have a huge groundhog out back. Our neighbor named him Cartman.
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I have a groundhog too but my neighbor keeps shooting at him when he ventures into his yard.
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LOL!
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I used to have this massive banana spider that made a web near the back porch light and well out of harms way of running into. He had the summer of his life one year so I can appreciate you love of the tree frog.
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It’s fun to watch something like that. I would welcome a banana spider too!
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By the end of that summer his butt was as big as a quarter.
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‘Bug Buffet’…Wow..Lizards in India love bug buffets!
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Hey – I just reposted a blog of mine from March where I gave you the major shout-out of being my favorite blogger . Just FYI so you can thank me again lol.
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Thank you Barb!
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