On the Road is a weekday feature spotlighting reader photo submissions.
From the exotic to the familiar, whether you’re traveling or in your own backyard, we would love to see the world through your eyes.
Elma
Since we have not had an appearance from THE Mr. Frog lately, I thought we might enjoy seeing a Mr. Frog.


He lived, with many of his kindred, in our Water Garden/Fish Pond. This is how it looked in the early years. As we got older and less able to maintain and repair it, it never looked quite this good again. Charlie the cat and Zeppelin the dog used to join us for cocktails on the patio and to feed the fish. They were just dime store gold fish, but they prospered in the pond. They even survived Wisconsin winters, thanks to a stock tank heater from Fleet Farm.




Baud
It’s not easy being green.
OzarkHillbilly
Did he never acquire a companion? Other than the cat and goldfish, that is.
Central Planning
I found him, but these were a little too easy.
Salty Sam
In the last pic, I halfway expect him to throw on a top hat and cane and start the ol’ softshoe to “Hello My Ragtime Gal”!
Scamp Dog
@Salty Sam: Everybody loves the Michigan Rag!
germy
WaterGirl
All 5 of these frog photos made me smile. I think we need frogs every day.
WaterGirl
@germy: Who sticks their phone in the water?
Elma
@WaterGirl: Thank you for rearranging the schedule so that I could be at home for this. I hope to have a submission of pics from my recent travels to lush tropical places soon.
germy
@WaterGirl:
Not me. It looks like he has one of those fancy waterproof phones.
Elma
@OzarkHillbilly: In the spring, there were tadpoles, so we must assume that there was some companionship going on in the pond.
Old School
Whatever happened to all the Mr. Frog pictures? Did John lose interest in the idea?
WaterGirl
@Elma: Happy to accommodate your schedule, and I will look forward to photos of lush tropical places.
You can have make it a series if that suits you. A series 3 or a series of 5 is best because we can have a whole week in some other wonderland.
J R in WV
That swimming morphing giant tadpole was amazing, thanks for posting that link. I wonder how big it was in real life…
Mr Frog is great too, very photogenic! Thanks for the good news post — we needed it!
Tehanu
Love Mr. Frog!