While out dousing my container grown plants one morning I spotted some garden visitors that had originally showed themselves last year.

Some readers may remember my puzzlement as to why so many Pacific tree frogs had taken up residence in my backyard garden. I never really figured that one out and pretty much chalked it up to the very wet spring we had that year.

Last week was the first time I have seen these little guys this year. I was actually pretty excited to spot them and gathered all my kids to show them off. We huddled on the deck staring at them before I ran and got the camera. They didn’t seem to like being photographed and hopped into the massive comfrey to hide.

They obviously like my choice of using old coffee cans as pots for some of the mints I grow because that is where I would find them hiding out every morning last week. I would water a coffee can of mint and up would hop a little tree frog and perch on the edge of the can. They would sit there and stare at me for a little while as though saying, “Excuse me, but do you mind not flooding us?!”

Seeing those cute little frogs every morning made going out to water over, and over, and over not quite so bad.

Sorry if I have disappeared from the blog world this past week. I did not count on the heat zapping my energy and desire to do anything. As Karen from Greenwalks put it, it was far too hot to blog last week. I hope to get back up with everyone’s blog (as well as my own!) sometime this week. Now, come on cooler weather! We’re waiting on you!

I do not care for this heat and am finding it unbearable right now since we do not have air conditioning. Normally one does not really need it during the summer in the part of Oregon that we live in. This summer though has been another story.

My two boys decided after lunch to pay a visit to the river that always seems to be cold in attempts to cool off on this hot July afternoon. Once my daughter is done napping I just might join them.

I have not been around my computer the past four days and have lots of blogs to get caught up on as well as some posts to write. I have been busy in the kitchen as well as the garden and hope to have some good posts about both later on this week.

Until then I am leaving my readers with this beautiful picture I took of the Columbia River Gorge back in May. It was taken not too far from where we call home. Stay cool everyone!

For today’s Skywatch Friday post I have a picture that I took from my deck Wednesday evening. All this week we have been having some pretty wild weather. It will rain cats and dogs all day and then by the afternoon it will attempt to clear up. I say attempt because every evening this week has ended with some thunder claps and hail. Wednesday evening was rather spectacular as we saw multiple rainbows. It is not viewable in the picture but there were actually 3(!) rainbows out there when I took this shot. We were spellbound by the site as we all huddled around the door staring out at the beauty before us.

Has anyone else experienced any wacky weather this week?

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Have a great weekend everyone!