The kids found a tiny frog in the backyard and since we don't have any pets and they REALLY want a pet, anytime they capture an animal from the wild they instantly make a home for it and beg to keep it as a pet. They made this habitat for the frog with rocks and leaves and moss and bark and wood and ferns and food - lilikoi. The little froggie himself is not pictured. This was right before he moved in.
I thought it was a beautiful work of art.
Like the famous artist Christo, who wrapped the perimeter of entire small islands in pink cloth and did a gorgeous piece called "Running Fence," a cloth fence that undulated over hills in northern California for miles, the froggie home too had a short life. But honestly it was as beautiful and balanced artistically as the works of art fellow students made when I was in art school.
It remained in the backyard for a few days. Ah, the creative children I live with. They are a constant source of inspiration.
2 comments:
I agree - the frog house is a beautifully balanced work of art. But, if the house only lasted a few days, I fear for what happened to the frog. ????
Oh. Well he of course got released back into the wild of our back yard!
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