5th September - Toad in a watering can and mountainous molehills

[byslantedlight]

Yup, you heard me. Life in the country goes on! *g*

It's been dry enough that I picked up the watering can, which I'd left half full the night before, ready to water some plants - only I could see something blocking the spout. A leaf? I thought - and then it moved! The worst thing is, it must have been in the watering can the evening before when I watered plants too, because I noticed that the water wasn't coming out very well... and that means he must have been in there when I filled the watering can more than once yesterday, though I've no idea how I wouldn't have noticed him then. Poor old toad! He sat in the grass for ages, just burrowing down a little more - hopefully he'll move on tonight... but not back into the watering can!

In other news, the molehills became more mountainous overnight too - and also became more molehills! So I scooped up the earth into a pot and planted some radishes. We'll see. *g* And don't worry, I also mowed that grass. *g*

Comments

[milomaus.livejournal.com]

It always gives me such a scare, if something moves in places where I don't expect movement. *g*
Big old spider came out of our wee watering can before our holidays. *shudders*
My scream scared Mr. Maus, but he saved me. He takes these horrid things into his hand. *shudders some more*

I wonder how your cohabitation with Mr. And Mrs. Mole will work out.

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Being in Australia, I also immediately think 'spider???' if something moves when it shouldn't.

Well, that or 'snake?'

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I would have thought snake first growing up - although to be fair the ones I saw were never moving very quickly at all. The spiders now... yeech! At least if there's snakes and spiders over here, they're unlikely to give you a nasty nip!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

I tend to jump when things move unexpectedly, but when I know what they are I can deal with them. *g* Yeay for Mr Maus rescuing you!

I'm wondering about the Mole hordes family too - they've replaced one of the molehills I flattened already!

[shooting2kill.livejournal.com]

Toads really do seem to have long legs, don't they?! I'm always terrified that anything I see moving in my garden is a rat...

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

I've never really seen many toads until I moved here - and even then it's only been in the last couple of years. They do seem to have rather long legs though, because I always imagine them short and squat. I guess those fairy stories have a lot to answer for... *g*

[sc-fossil.livejournal.com]

There are always more chores to do outdoors. We won't even think of indoors. :)

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm definitely not thinking of indoors!

[gilda-elise.livejournal.com]

Something similar happened to me. It had been 🌧 raining and I noticed movement in a bucket that had been left out. I emptied it and out came a toad. Poor thing, who knows how long he’d been in there.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Isn't it strange - they must have both jumped to get in there to start with... Poor wee buggers!