Toad-Stalker

Yeah. I'm a slacker. Well, a busy slacker. I'm sure you all understand that some times I simply have too many priorities to attend to and by the time I can post... well... I'm too worn to think. I'm going to try and post something tomorrow if given a chance. You wouldn't believe the mountain of paperwork sitting beside the computer right now.

However... I wanted to share photos of my little stalker toad. Last Saturday morning, before six, this guy appeared in my garage, scratching at the door to get inside the house. Kinda creepy. After staring at him through the slight cracked doorway, I talked my father into taking him outside. I would have done so but I wasn't wearing shoes nor was I awake enough to think that well.

Tonight, while eating dinner, I heard Lilly barking.She's not a dog that barks unless something is wrong so I took a look. She was barking in the weeds under the cherry trees. Thinking this strange, I grabbed a flashlight, got someshoes on:

... and went outside to see what she had found. At first I'm thinking she may have a snake and of course I'm thinking how damn stupid this is for me to be looking for it if such is the case. And then I see it. The toad. I grabbed her and called for my father. I needed him to catch it while I held Lilly.

So, once caught we put him in the old ten gallon aquarium for safe-keeping. After looking up stuff, I discovered that he is a red-spotted toad and not toxis like almost every other kind of toad. Tomorrow I am going to find a home for him away from the house. Here are some photos I took of him:

Well, I'm off kids. I'm tired so I'm going to go curl up in bed while I wait to hear from Free.

Anathema