Frogspawn v terrapins

We will probably never have terrapins in our pond. But thanks to John and Linda we should have frogs this year. After lunch at J & L’s today, John manfully waded into their pond to help us populate ours.

We brought back a great big dollop of frogspawn, together with a bucket full of oxygenating weed. Logan was pretty good at catching weed on the fly from scoop to bucket, but there’s enough left to get our pond going with Elodia. And when Gwen brings the waterlily she’s promised, we will solemnly launch the canoe and plant it in the centre.

Life may not be perfect, and probably is not perfectable. But ponds do help to create the conditions for utopia.