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Thursday, October 27, 2011

Pollywog Paparazzi

Click to see how cute they are....

If you follow me each day, you will remember the Tadpole Groaner Post from Sept 26. I have been
watching annoying our rain barrel babies. It all started in August when there were a million little black eggs floating in the pool and in the rain barrel. Now 8 weeks later, Voila! Look what happened!

 I asked Bob, what is the difference between a Tadpole and a Pollywog? he said Ask Google.
The first answer to the question was my favorite.

A tadpole will produce a frog that croaks with an English accent. A polliwog will produce a frog that croaks with an American accent..........



 If you look closely you can see some of these have only front, or only rear legs, and a couple are itty bitty cute little frogs. These frogs will not get any larger than what is comfy on a dime.
 Sorry the lighting is so bad, but if I flood the barrel with light it scares them away, If i get to close it scares them way down deep in the bottom......soooo
 Got this from Wikipedia...
The name "tadpole" is from Middle English taddepol, made up of the elements tadde, "toad", and pol, "head" (modern English "poll"). Similarly, "polliwog" is from Middle English polwygle, made up of the same pol, "head" and wiglen, "to wiggle"

Tadpole or Pollywog, they are darn cute.  I choose Pollywog because it looks good with Paparazzi.

this last photo came out like this, right out of the camera, there are little tadpoles in it, you just cant see them.





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30 comments:

  1. diane bOctober 27, 2011 at 3:44 AM

    they are interesting little creatures. I can never tell if they are frogs or toads. I learn something everyday blogging.I have never heard of Pollywog before but I love the sound of it.

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  2. BlueShellOctober 27, 2011 at 4:16 AM

    hahahha....he said "Ask Google"??? hahahah...

    Very interesting I say...indeed...It's amazing...

    WELL DONE!

    KISS
    (Oh...Thank you for visiting my blog. In is very important to me. God bless you.)

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  3. SquirrelQueenOctober 27, 2011 at 4:29 AM

    Both the tadpoles and little frogs are so cute.

    I like the first answer you got, that is funny. I had never thought much about the names and kind of assumed polliwog was a southern expression. Thanks for the info.

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  4. Betty ManousosOctober 27, 2011 at 6:27 AM

    cute little creations!
    glad i learned something new today.

    the photos look so arty!

    very nicely done:)

    betty xx

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  5. UnknownOctober 27, 2011 at 7:19 AM

    I thought pollywogs were larger and are used to bait a fish hook.
    I like this post.

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  6. Tammy@Simple Southern HappinessOctober 27, 2011 at 8:11 AM

    You know what you are suppose to do when you see the frog....kiss it.

    They are too cute, I wonder how thye get out of that bucket?

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  7. Ruth HiebertOctober 27, 2011 at 8:23 AM

    This is a great way to watch this wonder of nature unfold..

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  8. Chatty CroneOctober 27, 2011 at 8:44 AM

    Thanks for the English lesson complete with photos - I LOVE learning things like this.

    Now let me ask you - cute?

    Love,
    sandie

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  9. Kim@stuffcould....October 27, 2011 at 8:45 AM

    How things have changed when he said "ask google"...nice to see the cute little frogs (whatever they are called)

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  10. ChristineOctober 27, 2011 at 9:40 AM

    Oh how wonderful; I love these little critters! Never met a frog or toad I didn't like!

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  11. ReenaOctober 27, 2011 at 9:55 AM

    Great shots of these little guys. When I was a kid, I would find these little bitty frogs and just adored them!

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  12. UnknownOctober 27, 2011 at 9:56 AM

    Love all the Pollywog pics. They are cute, but I would not want one of them on me.....eeeuuuuhhhhh!
    The leaves floating in the barrell are pretty too. I was looking at the pics of Jake and Baby on the sidebar. Bet they would know what to do with some of those Pollywogs...Mmmmmmmmmmm good! :-)
    Love ya, Madeline

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  13. ValOctober 27, 2011 at 10:11 AM

    Great shots...love your hubby's answer to the question. Made me giggle. Thanks :)

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  14. TexWisGirlOctober 27, 2011 at 10:41 AM

    adorable little creatures.

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  15. Cheryl @ TFDOctober 27, 2011 at 11:15 AM

    Well, I was going to ask Google if you didn't tell me what a Pollywog is!! :D

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  16. RemingtonOctober 27, 2011 at 12:28 PM

    They are SO tiny!

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  17. Marie October 27, 2011 at 12:58 PM

    These are great shots Sandie. They are all adorable. When Kyle was little we watched tadpoles turn into frogs in our backyard. I believe it was a small kiddie pool. I guess after having a boy you learn to enjoy some icky stuff. LOL!

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  18. JosieOctober 27, 2011 at 1:22 PM

    You gotta love Google. Glad we came back after a long absence and glad we found out you combined your blogs. Lovely photos and quite informative and funny!! As usual. Love to you and the pups. Woofs and hugs, MB, Josie and Blues

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  19. pennyOctober 27, 2011 at 1:34 PM

    Sandra this takes me back to my childhood when my sister and I use to bring them home and drive my parents crazy.

    Love your spectacular photos and LOL about the description :D

    smiles n hugs,
    Pam i am

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  20. DawnTreaderOctober 27, 2011 at 1:38 PM

    Never heard the word pollywog! Cute.

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  21. Ginny HartzlerOctober 27, 2011 at 2:01 PM

    They are SO cute!! And now I know the difference between the words, I have wondered about that. The last picture is beautifully mysterious. Will they stay in there till they die? You said they won't get bigger than a dime, so they must not turn into anything. I thought they turned into frogs. I have been forgetting to tell you how much I loved the parrot header, now that you have taken it off, I remember, go figure! It really knocked my socks off, but whenever I I was going to comment on it, your blog content distracted me. Guess that's a GOOD thing!

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  22. photowannabeOctober 27, 2011 at 2:37 PM

    Different accents...too funny. When we first moved to this house we had a resident frog in the Jacuzzi. Now the spa is gone and so is the frog. I kind of miss his croak, can't remember if it had a British or American persuasion though!

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  23. Nezzy (Cow Patty Surprise)October 27, 2011 at 2:53 PM

    Oh honey, don't apologize...your pictures are amazin'.

    I always have tons of little froggies livin' in my flower gardens.

    God bless ya and have a remarkable day sweetie!!! :o)

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  24. ♥ HelenOctober 27, 2011 at 3:35 PM

    cute :)

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  25. AnnOctober 27, 2011 at 5:33 PM

    So when Bob said to ask google was he really saying he didn't know the answer?....lol
    I like the answer google gave you and love the shots

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  26. Beatrice P. BoydOctober 27, 2011 at 7:57 PM

    Sandra, you know how much we like frogs (and penguins too) so little guys would fit in well at our place. Simply amazing photos and great that you could capture with your new macro lens to show us.

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  27. GeorgeOctober 27, 2011 at 8:54 PM

    You got some great pictures of the pollywogs, but if you're not careful they are going to get a restraining order against you for invading their privacy.

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  28. DebOctober 27, 2011 at 11:06 PM

    your husband is so funny...awesome photos Sandra...learned something new today...

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  29. RoseOctober 27, 2011 at 11:09 PM

    They are adorable...we always caught a few when we were kids and watched them grow legs and become a frog....then our kids did it when they were young. And someday I bet Lorelei does it, too.

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  30. EG CameraGirlOctober 28, 2011 at 9:36 AM

    Love your shots of the tadpoles...er, pollywogs. :)

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