This episode is a reminiscence…something I seem to be doing a lot of lately…and also a plea for getting our children and grandchildren out of doors, be it a back yard or out to the desert.
The photos are mine. The Boy’s Book of Frogs, Toads and Salamanders came out in 1957. I got it as a present when I was 9 or 10. The duded up Sonoran Desert Toad was the logo of the country band The Dusty Chaps.
My morning ditties are not nearly as amazing as the song of a curved bill thrasher, but they help me begin the day. If...
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Petey rambles on and on and even recites a poem! I suspect that to many nursery folks propagating the plants they will grow is...