[photo credit: Jonathan. click on the picture to go to more of his photos on flickr.]

each and every night we have been lulled to sleep by the sound of little frogs with big voices. they sort of sound like car alarms, but aren’t terribly annoying unless they’re RIGHT OUTSIDE your bedroom window. two nights ago, Jonathan took my headlamp on a little adventure in the dark to relocate one such frog that was wearing our sleepy nerves a little thin.

he found this guy on the way back. the obnoxiously loud frog right outside our window was smaller than the tip of his thumb. this guy was about as big as a fist.

while i don’t plan to walk around at night in bare feet or anything, i am thankful that most creepy crawly things don’t totally freak me out. there aren’t any snakes on the island*, but small lizards, spiders, ants, and other miscellaneous bugs obviously thrive in these parts. i can share my yard. i definitely can’t share my house.

just about anything is fine as long as it is outside. i’ll refer back to this post on the first occasion i am tasked with removing something from my sanctuary (aka: shower or — heaven forbid! — bed) and back into the wild.

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*the Four Seasons Resort imported palm trees to the island a few years ago (i guess because the ones here weren’t tall enough or something) and apparently brought boa constrictors with them. but those have been eradicated as well.

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