Since finding out that we can download movies from the Seattle Public Library, we’ve really enjoyed sitting down on the couch after dinner and enjoying a movie - it’s actually a great way to fill in the time between Netflix deliveries! They usually aren’t big name movies but hey, beggars can’t be choosers, right???
Anyway, you know how you can see something out of the corner of your eye and it gives you a real start even though it turns out to not be anything too “scary”? Well, I was cleaning the dishes after dinner the other night and as I looked over to where we keep the grocery bags hanging on the wall, I glimpsed a large “something” hanging onto one of the bags. After my usual school girl yelp, I realized it was just one of the many lizards that appear from time to time. This was a pretty big fella, though, so we snapped a picture so you could see what he looked like. Remember, we like lizards because they eat the bugs!!
Then, as we were settling down to watch the movie, it sounded like one of the tree frogs was chirping much louder than the rest and before long, we realized it was coming from the bathroom. Sure enough, the little guy had crawled up from the drain and started talking! I think I’ve shown pictures before of one of the frogs (called a “rana” in Spanish) in the sink, but lately it’s been a nightly occurrence. Anyway, it was so cute we had to share some pictures of the little guys who‘ve been coming to visit, none of them any larger than a diime. Jim has been very good about humanely catching them in a glass jar and putting them outside so we don’t have to listen to the chirping. The other night we thought an easy way to remedy this would be to close the drain stopper and put two cotton balls in the little overflow holes at the front of the sink. Worked like a charm until we went to brush our teeth before going to bed and when we opened the drain to spit out the toothpaste out crawled a little frog just in time for his Crest shower!! Yes, another school girl yelp came out before I realized what it was (could have been a roach, after all……oh Jim…..) although this one was muffled by the toothpaste in my mouth. The little chirper didn’t seem to be too bothered by the toothpaste landing on him, though, cause he started singing right away!
Ah, just another night at the finca…….What are we going to do that first night in New Orleans without our little buddies?????
Anyway, you know how you can see something out of the corner of your eye and it gives you a real start even though it turns out to not be anything too “scary”? Well, I was cleaning the dishes after dinner the other night and as I looked over to where we keep the grocery bags hanging on the wall, I glimpsed a large “something” hanging onto one of the bags. After my usual school girl yelp, I realized it was just one of the many lizards that appear from time to time. This was a pretty big fella, though, so we snapped a picture so you could see what he looked like. Remember, we like lizards because they eat the bugs!!
Then, as we were settling down to watch the movie, it sounded like one of the tree frogs was chirping much louder than the rest and before long, we realized it was coming from the bathroom. Sure enough, the little guy had crawled up from the drain and started talking! I think I’ve shown pictures before of one of the frogs (called a “rana” in Spanish) in the sink, but lately it’s been a nightly occurrence. Anyway, it was so cute we had to share some pictures of the little guys who‘ve been coming to visit, none of them any larger than a diime. Jim has been very good about humanely catching them in a glass jar and putting them outside so we don’t have to listen to the chirping. The other night we thought an easy way to remedy this would be to close the drain stopper and put two cotton balls in the little overflow holes at the front of the sink. Worked like a charm until we went to brush our teeth before going to bed and when we opened the drain to spit out the toothpaste out crawled a little frog just in time for his Crest shower!! Yes, another school girl yelp came out before I realized what it was (could have been a roach, after all……oh Jim…..) although this one was muffled by the toothpaste in my mouth. The little chirper didn’t seem to be too bothered by the toothpaste landing on him, though, cause he started singing right away!
Ah, just another night at the finca…….What are we going to do that first night in New Orleans without our little buddies?????
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