Pudding Ponderer Gifts

"See this jelly wobbling. It was waving goodbye."

"Bark or stare? Always a tough decision. Bark? Maybe stare? Whimper? Maybe? Meanwhile, stare."

Wildlife

"According to mom the answers are all in this book!" "Too bad there's no pictures at which to look!"

"I'm in a catch-23 situation."

Frog to other frog: 'Hey, nice pad.'

Water Gardening: One thing is certain - you will find the peace and tranquility of water an almost irresistible attraction.

'Thanks, we really appreciate this. Yeah, the middle button. Don't worry, it's auto-focus - just aim and shoot.'

'Wait a minute! What if this isn't just a puddle?! What if it's a huge, furious hibernating snowman?'

But there are other pleasures still for the fisherman's delight....for nature is everywhere about him.

"This blood knot ought to be re-named the blood, sweat and tears knot."

Business Duck

"I can't wait to start growing limbs so that I can use a tablet..."

"Actually, it wasn't so bad. One minute I was standing in line at the slaughterhouse...The next thing I knew, I was being basted in my own juices..."

'Wow, are all these desserts for here, or are you going to stuff your faces in the privacy of your own home?'

"If He didn't want us to eat it, why'd He wrap the whole thing in bacon?"

Thinking and thinking backwards.

'My horoscope said I was going to make someone happy today.'

'Euro's down against the pound, dollars up against yen, pound is... what the hell don't expect cheap meals in France!'

'Its that final touch that makes it seem just like a natural pond.'

'I'll say this for you young Thoreu - he certainly does make good use of his pond.'

Six frogs leap off their lily pads.

'It's a real conundrum. Not sure if I should open it, or beat it.'

"Is there a God?"

'The hippiest dryads were often farouche.'

'When they start calling you a splendid bird, you know you're in trouble.'

Answers to last week's brain-teasers

'That's from the last year the data was available.'

"Turned out he wasn't a miniature."

"Yes, there will be questions but you're unquestionably the nation's most badass mom."

'Do you ever wonder about this whole 'money' thing?'

Bizarre sights.

Vernal Pond: Here today. . . gone tomorrow.

'It's so embarrassing. My mother had my tadpole tail bronzed!'

Water Gardening: And you will find yourself thinking over many garden problems at the waterside.