A Surprise Visitor

Welcome - So I'm trying to post a little more often here on this blog (but I can't promise anything).

I was out watering my plants a couple of weeks ago when I noticed something moving in the flowers. - At first I thought it was probably a mouse since Mike had seen and pointed one out to me a few days before that. - Then it moved again and I spotted what it was...

Here's where I found it:

 Under that hanging basket and rose bush. - You can't see it because I took this picture afterwards to show where I found the critter. - You can however see my shadow!

So what was it... A Toad of all things!  -  I managed to get it out from under the plant and rose bush (that was tricky as it kept hopping away) and got it inside where I put it in a bowl with a lid so I could go release it. 

We live near a small creek which flows from one of the house across the street from us then under the street and comes back out a couple of houses down from ours.  That's where I release him.

We've lived in our house for over 30 years and I have never found a toad/frog in my flower beds.  It baffles us as to why it was there as it would have had to hop clear across the street or down the sidewalk to get to our place.

I was just happy to get him back to a cooler area and doesn't it look happy!

Summer Flowers

 Just sharing a few late spring/early summer flowers before the season is over and I forget to share them.

My pots of Petunias that sit on either side of our front door.  They've done real well this year.

I had a yellow one as well but sadly the winter killed off most of the plant and what little that did come up died due to the heat.

Both these pots were really pretty earlier on in the season but the heat has not been kind this summer so they are looking a bit under the weather now.

The bees really like this plant.

This is a really odd lily I bought a few years ago.  I'm still not sure if I like it or not.

The hydrangea has been beautiful this year.  Last year it did not have a single bloom.

I took this view looking down the driveway while the lilies there were still in bloom along with my Clematis, pot of petunias, hydrangea.

Hope you've enjoy a little from my summer garden.