Ribbit!!

Grandson Collin had a birthday this weekend. It was a beautiful day and family gathered to celebrate. He is quite the boy. Very interested in nature....rocks, gemstones, gardening, fishing, animals and then frogs. He loves frogs. He gets many gifts with a frog motif....so it stands to reason that his Grandma would try to make his birthday special, by checking out all manner of frog things. First I decided to paint a watercolor of a frog. I found a small picture and enlarged it...painted it and did the frog and banjo in two different pieces...cut the frog's arm and tucked the banjo in. It didn't fit the frame that I had...so I glued the frog on the backing and glued his legs to the matting. It turned out kind of cute and he loved it.

I went to the Frog Store online and ordered this frog afghan. Now you have to know Collin to know about blankets and afghans. He has always loved blankets and this is another addition to his collection. Probably not a soft as a blanket, but it will fit his bed and he loved this. His other Grandma gave him a frog beach towel.

When I got home from the party, a picture was waiting from my daughter. She had just spent a week at her home in Wisconsin. She loves all nature things too.This is a picture of an interesting frog. It looks like it was sitting on a chair....probably by the water. I found a list of how people around the world think that a frog sounds. Thought it was cute...What sound does a frog make in YOUR language? Here is a list of some of the different ways people think frogs sound around the world...

Afrikaans: kwaak-kwaak

Arabic (Algeria): gar gar

Catalan: cru-cru

Chinese (Mandarin): guo guo

Dutch: kwak kwak

English (USA): ribbit

English (GB): croak

Finnish: kvak kvak

French: coa-coa

Filipino:Kokak, kokak

German: quaak, quaak

Hebrew: kwa kwa

Hungarian: bre-ke-ke

Italian: cra cra

Japanese: kerokero

Korean: gae-gool-gae-gool

Russian: kva-kva

Spanish (Spain): cru-cru

Spanish (Argentina): berp

Spanish (Peru): croac, croac

Swedish: kvack

Thai: ob ob (with high tone)

Turkish: vrak vrak

Ukrainian: kwa-kwa

Now this is getting kind of silly....probably more that you wanted to know about frogs. Well, I think that having an Aunt who has a lake house should be pretty cool for a young frog lover....especially when the love of nature is mutual.

Now where do you suppose Collin got this love of frogs?

Balisha

An addition to my list of frog sounds around the world. My good friend Mark, said that I should add Filipino: Kokak, kokak, to the list....so I did. Thanks, Mark.http://coolwaterworks.wordpress.com/ Have a great time on your week off.

Balisha