Frog of the Day

Pot Bellys - Lindo Dart Frog
Originally uploaded by KenCalvino.

I'm a bit early this morning. I was actually up and dressed before the Frog Wrangler even woke up. Today is the last day to have the windows open for a while - the temps are dropping back to normals of 50 during the day and into the 30's overnight. Brrrr! I've gotten used to these 70's and can't wait for them to return.

Here's a Living Green tip for the day. I already mentioned that standard light bulbs are 95 percent inefficient and that switching to the compact florescent will save a lot of money and emissions. But today I want to talk about your lawn mower. A standard gas push mower puts out in 30 minutes as much emissions as a car does in 90 minutes. Yikes! The way to go is with a cordless electric mower. They can mow up to 1/3 of an acre on average per charge and zero emissions. Now that's living green!

This frog collectible is from Harmony Ball's Pot Bellys line called Zoologicals. It is known as Lindo Dart Frog. The word "Lindo" means "pretty" in Portuguese. These frogs in the wild are one to two inches long and live in South America. They lay a small number of eggs and actually provide some parental care to their young. Remember, in the wild, these are poisonous to the touch. I received this as a gift this last Christmas (2006) and is one of a set of six. The head comes of to show a small treasure compartment. This one has a leaf on the inside and the head has a rubber stamp, which is of a pair of lips.