Puddle Ponderer Gifts

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

'I'm guessing you're not a huge fan of puddles...'

"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."

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

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.'

Beginning Yarder.

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..."

"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!'

Kids with skates waiting for the ice to grow.

Six frogs leap off their lily pads.

Ricochet

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

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

'The hippiest dryads were often farouche.'

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

Answers to last week's brain-teasers

"Is there a God?"

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

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

Bizarre sights.

The Big Four debate banking ethics

An epiphany is the sudden realization of essential meaning. An "explanation point"!

"Take a few minutes to introduce yourself, Ms. Berry. Not that they don't already have you pegged."

Vernal Pond: Here today. . . gone tomorrow.