Attached is a picture of our "moat" (as I call it). It is a water feature which came with our house (been in existence since the day of our walk thru on June 19th; realtor told me it was due to the heavy rains and the fact that we are at sea level).
It is home to numerous tadpoles (Chad and Alex have enjoyed watching the tadpoles grow) and of course is a mosquito breeding haven! Today it is to be no more. The concrete contractor is beginning the work to add an additional driveway space, a 5 foot sidewalk next to the house leading to the back yard, and a nice concrete pad (to store my garbage can and recycling bin) behind the privacy fence. HOORAY!
Speaking of tadpoles, which grow up to be frogs, the following is a great little story I read on a military spouse message board. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed reading it.
One day two frogs fell into a ten gallon milk bucket. They swam around for hours. One frog gave up and said, "What is the use?" He drowned. The other frog decided he couldn't afford to give up. So the frog kicked and kicked until the cream turned to butter. The frog that was persistant jumped out of the bucket. Just because some around you see the negative, you cannot afford to quit!
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So, we tried to keep some tadpoles, but there was some gargantuan,e evil-looking thing in there that was eating them! It was so awful. My mom had brought them to us, so we had to run them down to the pond to try to get rid of the giant thing. It was large and brown and slimy, and eveidently hungry.
:)
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