Friday, October 8, 2010

What Frogs?!!

If you've followed my blog the for last month or so, you might remember that I went to a place in Ohio called Camp Joy, where I spent three fun-filled days with a huge gaggle (that is the proper word, right?) of 8th-graders.


 There was a lovely little pond, complete with cattails and waterlilies, which was used for some of the nature classes.  I was taking photos, as usual, when one of the camp leaders brought a group of students out to look for reptiles and amphibians.


"Look, there's one!" yelled a student, not three feet away from where I stood. 
"I see two over here," another called back. I looked into the pond, but saw nothing unusual.
"What is it?" I asked the boy next to me.
"A frog," he replied.  I leaned over and peered into the water.  I could hear kids all around the pond proclaiming that they'd "found one".
"Where?" I still saw nothing except water lilies and algae.



 "Right there."  He pointed at an indeterminate spot in the water, as if I could see exactly where he was looking.
"I still don't see it," I told him.
"There's another one over there, by that leaf- see?"  He ran off to join his friend, leaving me to wonder, which leaf?  Try as I might, I could not see a single frog, and so, frustrated, I went back to taking pictures.



I had a good time, and took some nice shots.  I really didn't give another thought to frogs- that is, until I got home and loaded the pictures onto my computer.  As I began clicking through them, I couldn't believe it- right there in front of my face- frogs!  They were everywhere!

There are three in this photo...  Can you spot them?  Click the pic to enlarge if you need to.


This one, I'm pretty sure, was having a good laugh at my expense.  (Oops!- I mean, these two- I just spotted another one!)


 There are at least three in this photo...


How did I miss this one?  I can just hear it laughing its little froggy laugh...


This one's got quite a nerve, hasn't he?


Seriously? 

 Well, I'm saying it's the bifocal thing.  I really don't know what part of my glasses to look through unless I know exactly where I'm looking.  Anyway, that's my story, and I'm sticking to it.

10 comments:

  1. What a hoot! I can't wear bifocals so am continually darting glances above and below my glasses.

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  2. so much fun!!!! your photos are fab...and the kids must have loved seeing the frogs when you couldn't!

    I've given up on bi-focals...have decided I like to see blurry...monet before his cataracts got really bad!

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  3. That's great fun. As I looked at your pictures, I couldn't see the frogs either! Can I blame my problems on your bifocals, too?

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  4. that's so funny! my son is always pointing things out to me that I can't see. :)

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  5. Great photos Sharmon and I love your commentary too!
    ~ Kathleen

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  6. De Light Full

    Your posts always make me smile.

    thanks!!

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  7. Hi Don! Should I put answers to the "find the frogs" puzzle in my next post? And yes, you can blame anything you want on my bifocals- I hate them.

    Thanks, Kathleen; I'm glad you enjoyed my little frog tale.

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  8. Donna- it's always my pleasure to make you smile!

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  9. Hi Sharmon thanks for your good wishes for my exhibition...it was nice of you to visit my blog .....I love your photographs and the frogs !.....

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  10. Love all the photos, but the last one with the one frog out sunning and the other sitting in the shade from the lily pad....classic!
    Beautiful photos~~thanks for visiting my blog!

    XXOO~~♥
    Anne

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