Close Encounter of the Frog Kind
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wrote on 1 Jun 2022, 15:25 last edited by Axtremus 6 Jan 2022, 15:26
Found a frog in the skimmer hole.
Moved it to the grassy area.
I am guessing it is a gray treefrog (Dryophytes versicolor), but correct me if that's not the case. -
wrote on 1 Jun 2022, 15:30 last edited by
He spent the last week cleverly and patiently stalking that spider, only to be 'saved' by a well meaning liberal. Typical.
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wrote on 1 Jun 2022, 15:30 last edited by
Good for you!
Brenda?
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He spent the last week cleverly and patiently stalking that spider, only to be 'saved' by a well meaning liberal. Typical.
wrote on 1 Jun 2022, 15:40 last edited by@Horace said in Close Encounter of the Frog Kind:
He spent the last week cleverly and patiently stalking that spider, ...
No, it did not. Do not trust Horace's baseless misinformation!
I inspected the skimmer yesterday to prepare for pool opening and there was no frog yesterday. I moved the frog today mostly because I am going to activate the pump and don't want a dead frog decomposing in the skimmer later.
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wrote on 1 Jun 2022, 17:01 last edited by
Ax is a pool boy.
After all these years, the truth emerges.
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wrote on 1 Jun 2022, 17:02 last edited by
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wrote on 1 Jun 2022, 17:08 last edited by
I may soon be a pool owner. Good to get these tips.
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wrote on 1 Jun 2022, 20:04 last edited by
The nice big gunite pool is really pretty.
But after getting up every day for 35 years to check for bodies, I don’t miss it.
It was pretty, it was fun for the kids, but always in the back of your head is the thought about dragging that body out.
It wasn’t much work, that is an old wives tale.
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wrote on 1 Jun 2022, 22:51 last edited by
We had a pool at the Cheddarshack. We absolutely loved it for years and years.
We didn't love it forever.
If you're not there to tend to it all the time, you shouldn't have a pool. Once a week (which we did, most of the time) is the minimum.
We used SoftSwim for our "sterilizer" for a couple of years. It's, basically, high concentration H2O2. Wonderful stuff, but very expensive compared to chlorine. But, you never had that "chemical smell" of a pool. You felt like you just stepped out of your shower.
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Found a frog in the skimmer hole.
Moved it to the grassy area.
I am guessing it is a gray treefrog (Dryophytes versicolor), but correct me if that's not the case.wrote on 2 Jun 2022, 01:02 last edited by@Axtremus said in Close Encounter of the Frog Kind:
Found a frog in the skimmer hole.
Moved it to the grassy area.
I am guessing it is a gray treefrog (Dryophytes versicolor), but correct me if that's not the case.Yes! It's a very handsome gray tree frog. Thank you for saving him. Grays are very mellow and sweet, and they will eat lots of bugs for you.