last night was a raging success

i went out one last time to put out my trash and my side bushes were packed full of tree frogs. i really hope they come back again tonight. they were everywhere i looked and once you can see one, you can see them all. i love their little sticky fingers. jh and tree frog sticky fingers 4 eva. their eyes trip me out big time...







while celebrating my tree frog escapades, i was bending over to pick up a stray plastic cup that was rather noisy with the wind pushing it around, and when i stood back up i was looking straight at this little guy. he was truly tiny, standing about 6" high. i wasn't sure how long he'd stick around or how close he'd let me get so imagine my surprise when he let me take a number of photos flash and all right up in his grill. in retrospect i should have changed the camera settings to get a far more crisp photo. next time i will do that. this time i am happy he flew in to greet me. at first i was a little nervous considering hunting bird talons and personal space issues, but i threw caution to the wind and figured getting some sweet pictures of an owl right before heading to the hospital because of an owl attack was totally worth it. i seriously need to get my camera underwater. it's going to totally remove the fear factor and replace it with the need to get a great shot factor...