Things we find in our yard

One of the things I love about our house is that we have a decent size yard with a wooded perimeter.  This invites lots of nature to live with us outdoors.  Every summer, we find new friends hanging out with us.  Here are a few from this summer:

Tree frog - usually we have one each summer that likes to hang out on our patio door and watch us eat dinner

He was a jumper!!  Jumped right onto Jeff's leg and then onto his arm!

This turtle was found alongside our deck.  I think it's a "painted" turtle but may be a box turtle

Jeff found this salamander under a rock behind our flower garden - CREEPY!

I was plucking the dead flowers out of my hanging basket and almost plucked this guy because he blends right in!

With the flash on and a little more zoom, you can see this is the biggest brown moth I've ever seen! It was about 3 inches long. Reminds me of mothman prophecies!