Yeaaaaaay, Carl & Vance/Theresa!  And Debbra, you're simply incorrigible!!  And Chuck - you're just way off the mark this time, sorry!!  A few nights ago, it poured - it was our first real rain of the summer, and we heard a froggie (we knew we had a couple - Bailey kept chasing them!) chirrruping aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllllllllllllll night long.  I mean, all night, non-stop!

The next morning, I happened to be walking by the pond (as in Beverly Hillbillies cement pond - that's what we've taken to calling the fountain) and looked in to find looooooooooooooooooooong strings of what I thought was algae.  TONS of 'em!  I reached down and tried to pick some up, to pull it out & clean up the thing, but daggum if they didn't just all break up and turn into lots of little beady-lookin things.  TONS of 'em!  Then it dawned on us, they were FROG EGGS!  Sooooo, we left 'em alone.  I was *gonna* take a picture, but life got in the way & we didn't give it another thought till the next day, when the strings were all gone.  We looked close, tho, and there were billions and billions of tiny little spermy-lookin things.  THAT's where the hint (8 hrs) comes from.  Don't believe me, look it up for yourself (thank you Google & Wiki!).  Gestation time for frog eggs is 8 hrs.

Soooo, they were really too tiny to take pictures of, so we waited until day 2, and that's what you saw.  Yesterday was day 3, and they were even bigger!  You could see eyeballs and little buds forming where legs would be.  But then, Hermine moved in.

We had rain all day yesterday, and all night, too, so this morning, about 4 am, I went & checked our babies.    During the night our pond overflowed, and we have several million less pollywogs today.  It's still raining, giving new meaning to the term "it poured," and the sky is overcast, signalling continued rain all day.  It's even become a bit breezy.  Oh, and there's some thunder, too, so I'd better hurry & finish this post.

Sooooo, thanks to Hermine, our whole yard is now a pond, the doggie won't walk out from under the patio cover - heck, who can blame her! - we can swim in the flower beds, and I'm sure our grass seed has washed away with our baby frogs.      BUT, on the bright side, we won't have to water the lawn this week, and probably next, too!

We are beginning to think seriously about packing up for the Valley in the next couple of weeks.  What to take, what to leave.  Of course, we can always come back, but it will take 5 hrs up, then 5 more hrs back down, so we want to limit those rides.  It'll be nice, tho, to go & get our teeth cleaned, get some fresh avocados for cheap & maybe even ride our bikes again.  Maybe, I say.

Here are some more shots of day 2; I don't know what we'll see tomorrow, but if there are any left, I bet they'll be hardy ones! 

And, here's full frontal C-U-T-E:

 (photo deleted as it showed our phone numbers up front & personal, and clear as a bell.  Not wise!!  Our friends HAVE our numbers, and our frenemies don't need 'em!  but, it was a cute, cute pic, sorry!!!)

Well, that's it for now, there's a let-up, so I guess I better try to get a puppy-poop & a shower, before it starts up again.  I know, TMI! 

Much love & thanks for all the guesses!!  Kewpie pies to you all!!