Comments on: Old Mr. Toad http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/old-mr-toad/ About finding balance in your life, connecting with who you are, and creating a lifestyle where you wake up each morning eagerly anticipating the day ahead. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:03:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Betsy http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/old-mr-toad/#comment-40858 Betsy http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=1129#comment-40858 Thank you for the plea to people not to keep toads or frogs as pets. I routinely have to educate the children in my neighborhood that it traumatizes toads to be grabbed, carried around and handled. They do not do well in captivity and it is surely cruel to capture them and take them out of the environment in which they evolved to live. Enjoy nature as it is...and strive to fit into it and not force it to conform to you. I love your blog! Thank you for the plea to people not to keep toads or frogs as pets. I routinely have to educate the children in my neighborhood that it traumatizes toads to be grabbed, carried around and handled. They do not do well in captivity and it is surely cruel to capture them and take them out of the environment in which they evolved to live. Enjoy nature as it is…and strive to fit into it and not force it to conform to you. I love your blog!

]]> By: paul meyer http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/old-mr-toad/#comment-30006 paul meyer http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=1129#comment-30006 Thanks for your panegyric to toads. I've always thought they were really cool animals, and yes, outdoors where they can eat bugs is the best place for them. In Hawaii, we have these whopper Bufo marinuses, aka cane toads. The females may get to 7" long and are quiet. The smaller males make a sort of sound that's pleasant to hear on these warm summer nights. Anything that eats roaches and swarming termites is welcome in my yard. Thanks for your panegyric to toads. I’ve always thought they were really cool animals, and yes, outdoors where they can eat bugs is the best place for them. In Hawaii, we have these whopper Bufo marinuses, aka cane toads. The females may get to 7″ long and are quiet. The smaller males make a sort of sound that’s pleasant to hear on these warm summer nights. Anything that eats roaches and swarming termites is welcome in my yard.

]]> By: Jack http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/old-mr-toad/#comment-29597 Jack http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=1129#comment-29597 I read somewhere that the presence of toads and frogs means the environment is in good shape, so I think your gardens and landscaping must be doing good things for your area. That's one enormous toad! We have small ones around the yard here but I've never seen one that big, I really hope I do someday. Thanks for giving us a glance into your life through your blog, I enjoy it alot. I read somewhere that the presence of toads and frogs means the environment is in good shape, so I think your gardens and landscaping must be doing good things for your area. That’s one enormous toad! We have small ones around the yard here but I’ve never seen one that big, I really hope I do someday. Thanks for giving us a glance into your life through your blog, I enjoy it alot.

]]> By: AngelaT http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/old-mr-toad/#comment-29596 AngelaT http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=1129#comment-29596 I would so love to have your gardens. You have such amazing flowers and wild creatures. It must be a paradise of nature. Thanks for sharing, I do love your blog and I wish I could know you. I would so love to have your gardens. You have such amazing flowers and wild creatures. It must be a paradise of nature. Thanks for sharing, I do love your blog and I wish I could know you.

]]> By: Lizzy-Beth http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/old-mr-toad/#comment-29595 Lizzy-Beth http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=1129#comment-29595 Awesome pic !!! A dignified name for a dignified looking toad. I remember the Thorton Burgess books from when I was a child. My father used to read me one chapter from one of the books every night before I went to bed. Eventually we had accumulated the entire set. I wish I had them now for my children. Thanks. Awesome pic !!! A dignified name for a dignified looking toad. I remember the Thorton Burgess books from when I was a child. My father used to read me one chapter from one of the books every night before I went to bed. Eventually we had accumulated the entire set. I wish I had them now for my children. Thanks.

]]> By: Kris http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/old-mr-toad/#comment-29519 Kris http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=1129#comment-29519 Ohhh! I would so like to have toads in my yard. I've worked for years to make my yard wildlife friendly, and the birds have really responded, and a few snakes, but alas, no toads. My grandmother had a ginormous old toad living under a rock pile at the edge of her garden for years and years. He was one of the first things I'd look for when we'd visit her. I'd love to recapture that sense of delight I always felt upon verifying his presence. Ohhh! I would so like to have toads in my yard. I’ve worked for years to make my yard wildlife friendly, and the birds have really responded, and a few snakes, but alas, no toads.

My grandmother had a ginormous old toad living under a rock pile at the edge of her garden for years and years. He was one of the first things I’d look for when we’d visit her. I’d love to recapture that sense of delight I always felt upon verifying his presence.

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