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.
I think I revealed most of my chicken history in this show. It is an ongoing saga, though I am much more in control...
I certainly opened a can of worms, at least for myself, when I started reading about Forestiera species. I had learned about F. neomexicana...
Petey needs to talk about currants and gooseberries and he does. You better listen.
