yesterday, the sweetest thing happened.

there is an older lady (in her late 70s, i'd say) who walks her dog by our house every day. she lives up the end of the street, and a few houses over the next streeet. she stops and chats once in awhile...really surprised us once when she walked right up into the yard to see what we were doing. we were like, "well, hello!" she wanted to see stuff up close and to chat.

yesterday evening, she came to the door, and presented my husband with a little frog statue...

made of resin.
sitting on a lily pad with little reeds sticking up next to him.
very smiley.
prerequisite hues of green.
about, oh, 5-6 inches tall.

said to my partner, "i just love walking by your yard every day, it is so lovely. i thought this little guy would be right at home in front." *frog handoff occurs*

so, as ugly as the damn thing is, it will live out front, like a gnome.
i'll move him around, for my amusement...maybe even make him a little froggie shrine. lol.

i'm getting all choked up writing this...silly. but it is so *kind*.