

It’s a cold and frosty Christmas season and the real frogs are tucked up under piles of leaves and among the decomposing logs in the yard. There are plenty of places to hide and, now frogs and newts could be anywhere there’s leaf litter, it has given me a good excuse and a necessity to leave everything where it is



Which brings me indoors where we do have some scent of the outdoors from our real Christmas tree. My favourite decoration this year though is a fallen branch which I’ve suspended from the ceiling in our hallway and decorated with real holly and berries along with some fake additions. There’s even some not-so-wild life perched up there.



There was a wildlife theme in my Christmas stocking too. No live frogs, thankfully, but some silver frog earrings and this handsome specimen who will be keeping warm on my winter coat in 2026.
Happy New Year!

