FROG BLOG
Tonight, Kristin and I hit the town for a little dinner and a movie at Lakeside Village. When we got home, there was a large toad near our doorstep. This was not unusual. In fact, most nights there is a rather large frog that sits in the corner of our doorstep. He has never bothered us and we often comment about how comical it is that he sits in the same spot every evening. Anyway…Tonight I went upstairs to check my e-mail when suddenly I hear Kristin yelling from the living room. “There’s a frog in the house!” I casually get up from my chair and head down stairs where I expect to simply scoot the large toad out into the yard. Even Kristin is not on edge at this point. She says, “He’s under the couch, I’ll open the door and you scoot him out with the broom”. Not a problem. So I slide the broom toward him and he immediately evades my swipe by swiftly hopping over my broom, out from under the couch, and onto a side table. It was at this point that I knew I was not dealing with our friendly, over-sized toad. I am not an expert in amphibians, but I knew that this particular hop was far too fast for a yard toad.
I slowly moved toward the side table anticipating that the frogs next move would be yet another unpredictable hop. Only this time I feared that he would attach himself to my face, giving him the upper hand, and placing me in no position to negotiate. Anyway, as I approached the side table I saw him firmly attached to one of the legs. I recognized him as a large tree frog. Again, although I am not an expert in the character traits of amphibians, I am acutely aware of the swift movement of a tree frog. I immediately got my priorities in line. “Kristin! Quick! Grab my camera, and then get the Brita Water Pitcher out of the dishwasher.” After a few small advances toward the creature he jumped to the under side of the table. I considered lying on my back and trying to trap him, but I knew that placing the creature above me while lying on my back would again put me at a disadvantage and perhaps even cause the frog to attack me in the form of a jump on face.
After a several attempts to drive him toward the door I finally caught a break. The slimy creature attached himself to the wall and began to climb up. Apparently, he had become a bit too confident and fell from the wall where he landed on the edge of our Thomasville Entertainment Center. I knew that he was unsure of his next move. There was nowhere for him to go. I slowly approached, snapped a picture, and then dropped the Brita Water Pitcher on top of the frog. Immediately the intensity left the room. The situation was diffused. Actually, Kristin was just as angry or even more so because I asked her to take a picture of me and the captured animal. I’m sure all of you will appreciate that I took the time to document the whole event via photography. Enjoy.
The Frog. Perched on the furniture, just before his capture.
Stretchy. The frog behind the love seat.
Captured. I tried to make a serious face like a captor, but I just ended up looking mentally disturbed.
May 18th, 2007 at 10:04 pm
I must say I dislike any type of amphibian or insect due to normalphobia that everyone has. I was totally aggravated when I saw that Jordan’s #1 priority was to blog about this experience. I love Jordan but he can really make my blood boil. My pain now is that I feel that the tree frog left behind his’ slime:0 Jordan would pretend to toss the Tree Frog on me and I chose to respond in my sister-like grunt…huh!
May 18th, 2007 at 10:39 pm
I hope you’re really good friends with that frog becase you’re going to be sharing his porch space as your punishment for focusing on your blog and not your frantic wifey.
(cool pictures though) … (don’t tell kristin I said that)
May 19th, 2007 at 10:49 am
dude, i felt like i was right there…
May 19th, 2007 at 11:19 pm
Well well well, I am proud to say Jordans love for the camera came from me, but not to that extreme, A bird flew in our house this morning and the LAST thing on my mind was capturing the moment on digital and posting it on my blog! Oh I forgot I don’t have a blog!
May 20th, 2007 at 9:16 pm
Love the story! Could I suggest a blog topic? Your apartment with lots of accompanying pictures so I can see where you live minus the frog!!! Things look real cute in the background.
Love Ya!
May 21st, 2007 at 4:35 pm
I have to say that Kristin comes by her dislike of amphibians honestly as our mother’s worst feared animal is the tree frog. Oh and the low manlike grunt she does in fear of practically anything…that she gets from me(highly unattractive isn’t it). Well here’s hoping the frog doesn’t decide that it was nicer inside the apartment than outside and come back for a second visit like the Douglas’ squirrel!
Love ya bunches,
Natalie
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