Hi Cliff and Craig. I knew that frogs would eat Goldfish and even young Koi but to eat a fish that large would have killed this frog. I got pictures last night from Kathy & Rick of the frog and it didn't really seem to be all that big. Well, guess what!!!!, it's happened again. This again is a real puzzler because the frog went to another pond 20 miles away and today there were three more Goldfish Dead. So, it could be that the fish had been stressed for such a long time from the damage that the frog caused or there's something else going on. I suspect your right Craig about frogs eating the smaller Koi and/or Goldfish. The other thing is that there water conditions seem to be perfect and they have many large Koi in their pond and they seem to be fine. Normally if water conditions are poor, the Koi are the first to go. Cliff, I have seen the same thing also. Those frogs sure are pretty quick. Again, I'll keep you all posted.

Wow....good thing you learned all this early on in your employment. Good luck in your new job, sounds like a dream job for a hostaholic !

LOL with you, Mindy. I think Dudley and Rich would get along famously. This morning when I was looking at glaring spots in the garden and thinking about the Ladd's sale, Rich looked at me and said: "You know, hon, the way I look at it, your planting and garden stuff is cheaper than a psychiatrist or street drugs. If you have to throw all your extra energy into something, I'm glad it's the yard." Does he get it??, probably not ..... ....BUT .... He's not joining me on the trip since Roses are on sale and he knows he wouldn't be able to resist filling in some of those gaps .... :-) Martie

I got some extra Christmas/birthday money (they fall right together for me), and decided to take the plunge and Nook myself. It is due to arrive sometime in February. I am so excited and kept thinking as I was finishing my most recent read - Grave Secrets of Dinosaurs: Soft Tissues and Hard Science - how nice it would be to be on an eReader, as it is a rather large paperback. The links for the free ebooks appear to be ones that will work on any eReader, so I'm looking forward to using those sites when my Nook arrives. So glad you all are enjoying your Kindles!