We have had a few wild visitors found in unexpected places this week!

A leopard frog found his way into the chicken coop recently. I couldn’t catch him the first day, but I found him in the same spot again the next day. This time I was able to catch him and relocate him nearer our neighbor’s pond.

My husband greeted our new neighbor, the largest spiny lizard I’ve seen, hanging out on the side of the house. My eldest caught her, and she was surprisingly docile once caught, allowing herself to be carried over to a tree.

The rains have finally come, and our poor industrious bumble bee, who has been diligently pollinating the mist flowers, took refuge from the deluge on the wall of our porch.

Even more surprising was the juvenile western rat snake that looked at me when I opened a cupboard in the coop. I was not quick enough with the camera for him!