The Toad

Recently I was digging on the dirt pile that came from our backyard. We then used that pile of dirt for a number of thing such as the following. Climbing, tunneling, and throwing pieces of dirt off and breaking at the bottom. And at one particular tunnel I was digging I looked away for some reason, I looked back at a my hole and there was a toad! And then he scrambled back into his den. It must have been living there already because it knew all the overlooked hideouts that only a persistent observer would notice. Jude, of course had quickly realized there was a toad in that little cave and was dying to hold it of course. I didn't want him to touch it, but Jude looked like he was using every ounce of self control he had. In the end I coundn't bear the look on his face so I let him hold and then I, and Jude were happier and then I just learned that your brother is more important than a warty old toad P.S. all toads who read this do not be offended.

Camp, Sports, and Cicadas

Last week the kids and Mom got away for awhile. We drove for about two and a half hours to get to Bethel Park camp. where we expierienced numerous displays of God's creation. One of the most amazing things was the wonders of the Cicada [say, sic-a-da]. Have you ever heard a zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz... Chances are you likely have. It comes from a insect called a Cicada. Their parents lay their eggs in the trees and the young hatch and crawl out. They dig a burrow into the ground and then amazingly, they will stay their for seventeen years!! But that buzzing sound you may have heard is only the males making this call. After their 17 year sentence, at night they will crawl out of their underground prison and onto a tree. Then they will stop. After a while something amazing starts to happen. The adult Cicada crawls out of its old skin and and once out it will sit on its skin waiting for it's wings to straighten out and its bright green body to become darker. Some of the other creatures we ran into last week were a snake, (that Jude caught all by himself) and a toad. I did not want to catch this toad because it was at night and I couldn't see it to clearly. Believe it or not toads are poisonous. They have two poison glands on the top of their head that appear to be two bars or lumps, and if spueezed will spuirt poison. And yet another thing we did was played a game called tetherball and tennis which was a lot of fun.

Welcome to My Father's World

"The heavens declare the glory of God....."

Hi, my name is Jesse. This will be my blog that will glorify God, be about nature, and my own recent nature encounters. I hope that this blog will be of great interest to you and offer you enjoyment. (My sister Sydney took this picture)