Green on Brown, the elusive frog in the big irrigation ditch makes a rare appearance on July 15, 2008, photo © 2008 by Jim. All rights reserved.
green marooned on brown
or is it my ship that’s wrecked?
i wonder as you leap
–related to posts haiku (one-a-day) and WRITING TOPIC – TOADS & FROGS.
How beautiful. I love the color contrast.
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YB, I would be tempted to kiss this little guy, and not even care that he not turn into a prince…for a prince he already is; he glistens so! The contrast of the dullness of the muddy water and his effervescent shine is wonderful.
Your haiku is very thought provoking, as well.
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nice–love the approach to this
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Ha! I love the frog photo! I’m a bit jealous that I’ve never encountered that particular type. But what really got me, having just woken up, was “green marooned on brown”. Wait. What? There’ no maroon!
That got a re-read from my sleepy brain. 🙂
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Oops, you’re right. Not to mention, frogs can swim, so not only is there no maroon, there’s no marooned. Ha!
OK, even though no one asked for it, what happened with this haiku is that my mind fixated on the word marooned as soon as I saw the frog on the brown island. And then I thought, Frogs can’t be marooned, so why stuck on the word “marooned”? And it went from there.
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Oops? No. ‘Twas clever.
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Did I guilt you into saying that? 8)
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I love this photograph. Kudos to Jim. The day I got here, my niece, E. Elise took me to the backyard (this is the home I grew up in) and showed me the window well under the kitchen window. She told me there were two toads that lived there and they had been watching them. She went to get the flashlight because it was getting dark out. We shone the light down but didn’t see them. She even moved a few rocks out of the way. Nope, not there. Maybe they were out eating dinner. This photo reminded me that we have to go see if they are there again. 8)
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