Friday, March 23, 2012

Frog Blog

 Wood Frogs (Rana sylvatica)  perform reproduction rituals in ponds that are still partly covered with ice.  Not so this year.  The record breaking  warm temperatures of March have caused all the ice to melt in the Music Mountain ponds. 
 


The egg masses of the wood frogs are submerged around the edge of the pond. 
 
 


Wood frogs disappear into the mud immediately when you approach.  In order to see one, you need to sit very still and wait until they decide to surface.  Soon little frog heads are bobbing, their legs are dangling and the males resume their ducklike croaking.  
In summer, Wood Frogs leave the water and enjoy the moist woodlands of Vermont.


An interesting fact about the Wood Frog is that it is the only frog to be found north of the Arctic Circle.  

Saturday, March 17, 2012

St Patrick's Day


I just love it when St Patrick's Day is on a Saturday.    Dinner tonight will be corned beef, cabbage, carrots and mashed potatoes. When we returned home from Savannah last month,  I danced a jig when I noticed that Andy left four cans of Guinness in the fridge.  One can I will use with a little brown sugar in the corned beef--the other three????  We'll see......
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Happy Anniversay MMM

The watercolor that inspired the first blog--Sleeping in the Snow
Saturday 17 March 2012 is the first anniversary of Music Mountain Musings.  I have learned a lot about putting  images on the site, about Picassa, and even a little HTML.  Thank you Sally for sending me the watercolor and making me have so much fun.  My MMM blog has made me realize how much I love living here-----all year!  Thank you to my friends, family and followers for letting me know that you enjoy it and I will continue to keep it short.





Thursday, March 15, 2012

An Evening in Times Square

Jigsaw Puzzle created from   "Alexander's World"  1994  Alexander Chen, Artist 

I started this 1000 piece puzzle on February 26th and when I returned home from the Boston Flower Show on 3/15, Rich was putting in the last few pieces.  It took many evenings on Music Mountain to finish an Evening in Times  Square but we had fun. 

Boston Flower Show 2012







This morning my friend Sue and  I got up very early and went to Rutland where we boarded Mr. Twitter's bus to the Boston Flower Show.  One of my favorite displays was this miniature of Winnie the Pooh having a picnic with his friends.