Missed by that much!

Well it is Sunday evening and I have literally walked back in the door after having just spent six hours in the car. Deb and I took off for an impromptu weekend away on Friday evening. Where we went was six hours drive each way so I just didn’t have a moment to reveal my WIIW on Friday as I had planned.
Most of you guessed reptile, or crocodile, or crocodile’s eye for this image. I can see that, it does look a bit like a crocs brow and eye. But it isn’t

Well you were right that it was an animal, but it is neither scaly nor a reptile.
It is an ear not an eye and an amphibian not a reptile!

As Michelle Teacress guessed it is a frogI snapped this little guy last spring at the Yea wetlands. Despite the fact he was on the ground he is a tree frog. He is one of those species that has a few common names, Peron's Tree Frog, the Emerald Spotted Tree Frog, the Laughing Tree Frog or the Maniacal Cackle Frog (Litoria peronii).
Yea is the southern part of their range, they are common across a large area of SE Oz. We used to get these guys hanging around on our windows when we lived in southern Queensland. They would catch moths and other insects that were attracted to our lights. They can walk across a window pane using those sticky pads on their toes. Clever!

An Award

Michelle Teacress has given me a blog award. The Stylish Blogger Award.
I have a really bad, and I mean really bad record of passing these on. So I thought I should pass it on straight away.
So if any of you have given me an award which I have failed to pass on or acknowledge please forgive me. I don’t mean to be selfish, it is a combination of life getting busy and a memory that doesn’t work as well as it once did.
All I can say is sorry.

Now according to Michelle I have to say seven things about myself and pass the award along.

Seven (fairly boring) things about Al.

1. I have large feet, especially for my height. I have the feet of someone who is 6’4” and I’m not. I have passed this trait to two of my three darling daughters. Whenever they are trying to buy shoes they curse me because they have to buy the shoes that fit rather than the ones they like.

2. I answer to my surname just as happily as my first name. I often get called Russell. When I am introduced to people Russell seems to stick in people’s minds more easily than Al or Allan.

3. My hair is very wiry. I have to wet it under the shower in the morning before it will stop rebelling. Then I have to make sure it is combed into order before it is dry, or I look like a wild thing going in to work.

4. I love fresh seafood. Fresh black mussels in a garlic and olive oil sauce with some crusty bread is one of the best dishes I have ever eaten. But with seafood you name it and I love it, fish, prawns, squid, octopus, pippies, crab, cockles, scallops, lobster, winkles and many others that just aren’t coming to mind at the moment.

5. I often have a number of books that I am reading at any given time. I am reading four at the moment.

6. I don’t have time to read nearly as much fiction as I would like. Most of what I have read in recent years has been for research for my own writing.

7. I would love to be a full time writer, but most of you probably already know that. Anyone want to buy a book?

I am not exactly sure how many people I am supposed to pass this on to. I will choose five because that is what Michelle did!
In no particular order

1. Leigh More at That’s Write
2. Angela Scott at Whimsy, Writing and reading
3. Jai Joshi at Jai Joshi’s Tulsi Tree
4. Vicki Rocho at Rambles and Randomness
5. Rosie Connolly at East for Green Eyes