Peek-a-boo sparrow.
I never really know what surprises I'll come across when out and about. I always keep a keen eye out for things.... ...and I always do indeed 'stop and smell the roses'.... However, today my sense of hearing was stirred in the most profound way. No sooner did I open my car door and step out, I immediately heard the most wonderful racket coming from a nearby pond--an entire chorus of croaking frogs! It drew me in, sinking in surrounding mud, just so I could try and catch a glimpse of one without disturbing them. Most of them stopped in mid-song, dropping out of the chorus one by one as I approached the pond, and the only way I could tell where these elusive creatures were, were from the ripples in the water after they hopped in!
I surprised myself, though, in finding through the weeds, sticks and logs, three little 'bumps' popping just above the water line.
Spring has sprung.
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