My Garden Friends

When I lived in Texas my garden was a Certified Wildlife Habitat. 

That meant that I provided the four necessary elements

for birds, butterflies, fish and some other critters  to thrive.

To be certified you must provide water, food, cover

and a place for them to raise their young.

Of course I had squirrels which I didn't mind too much,

but the opossums, raccoons, and rats

(that liked to eat the bird food at night) were another thing.  

I didn't like the snakes, black widow spiders and little scorpions either!

If you look closely you can see two glistening spiderwebs over the pond. I didn't mind the run of the mill garden spiders as they ate the insects I didn't like.

This was one of the MANY dragonflies that visited the pond on a regular basis. Most of them were the big blue ones and the little blue damselflies.

I took this picture with my left hand so he's a little blurry but I had lizards everywhere!

We had baby toads (polliwogs) in the pond every spring. Then they would all grow their arms and legs and crawl out of the pond. 

I believe this guy is a type of walking stick bug. 

He was much skinnier and longer than the  

praying mantis that I usually saw.

Our little tiny 'feeder' fish got HUGE and had lots of babies once or twice a year.

Now this little guy had shelter, food, and water... 

but I never did see any offspring.

Well thanks for stopping by to see some of my garden friends. I have more garden pictures to share but they are on the 'broken' computer. Hopefully they can be recovered.

I am sharing at these fun parties:

You're Gonna Love it Tuesday
Share Your Cup Thrusday
Your Cozy Home Party
Outdoor Wednesday
 Share Your Garden 
Garden Tour Party 
Say G'Day Saturday

xoxo 

Bunny Jean