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Jabba the Toad disappeared after we had been gone on vacation for a week.  We thought that maybe she left the porch because her canine protectors weren’t guarding her.

A few days after we returned, so did Jabba.  But then she disappeared again, this time for good.

Much to our delight, Jabba the Toad has returned to live another summer on our porch!

Here is Jabba in her very own toad bath.  Well, it’s not hers exclusively … the dogs also use it as a water bowl, sometimes taking a drink while Jabba is swimming!  But neither seem to mind each other, and [...]

Darby Dog alerted me to this snake living under our porch.

This looks like a hybrid between a Black Racer and a Copperhead, but I think it may be a rat snake.

Jabba the Toad has returned to our porch.  We weren’t sure if we had accidentally squished him with our car last year.  But when he returned this spring, he went right for his toad bath and cushy house we made for him, so it must be the original Jabba.  And he’s still as chubby as [...]

We hiked to Adair Wildlife Management area again on this beautiful September day. 

Here is a semi-rare photo of Timm, who’s watching a bunch of turkey vultures floating on the breeze above.  It’s “semi-rare” because Timm is usually behind the camera.

We are certainly enjoying our new friend, Jabba the Toad.

Jabba tried but couldn’t figure out how to safely climb in the dog’s metal water dish.

If you’ve been following the saga this summer of Jabba the Toad, you know that he lives on our deck and has adopted us as his host family.   

At night Jabba sleeps under a chair we have on the deck for the dogs.  It’s been getting chilly at night recently — quite cool for August.  [...]

As I reported earlier, we have a toad friend who has moved onto our porch.  At night he sits in front of the sliding glass door and feasts upon the endless supply of bugs trying to get to the light inside. 
This little toad certainly has it made.  He has the porch all to himself.  [...]

We have a new toad friend who lives on our porch, swims in our dogs’ water bowl, and sits in front of the patio door all night long eating bugs dancing in the light.  He has such an easy life that he has grown quite fat, which is why we call him “Jabba the Toad.”
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On our porch we have a frog water bowl that the dogs use as a drinking bowl.  But this frog decided to move in and make it his temporary home.