Thinking about summer! Really something i spend much tooooooo much time doing! I keep watching the sky, looking for birds, checking to see if the buds on the maple tree are swelling {not yet}, however the grass is turning green and growing, surely Spring is here!
Just as my parents took us for a long ride thru the woods each Spring, i would take my little one for long rides on backroads, His favored destination was the "Frog in the river" a favorite destination for me and my siblings when we were very young also. Became an almost seasonal trip to see the "frog in the river". It began as total surprise we had no idea that it existed. I have always claimed i saw it first, and may-be i did. Imagine being in a car with three excited kids, who saw a giant green frog in the middle of a river. We were old enough to know it was manmade, but still gobsmacked to see it. Dad calmly pulled the car over to the side of the road , everyone got out and gazed at the big stone frog painted "front porch green". Curiously no one said much, not even my Mom, like we were in awe of what we were seeing. Have often wondered if my parents knew it was there, because there it was a vivid green frog in the middle of Tionesta Creek!!!!
It looked a bit different in those days, which should not surprise anyone.
It is repainted every few years and details do change a bit each time. Also no one seems to know who this devoted caretaker is.
It is repainted every few years and details do change a bit each time. Also no one seems to know who this devoted caretaker is.
Look at those huge slabs of ice on the riverbank!! Also look how much the water has dropped since those blocks of ice where deposited there!
Indeed curious after all of the Springs that have passed since i last drove down that road. Just wondering out loud, i keep telling myself, i will drive down Tripple6s again, may-be do a little fishing and scramble down the hill for a close up visit with the "Frog". Then inch my way back up the hill. Perhaps by now there is a nice path. I could do the smart thing and admire it from the road. Nah, i'm not that smart.
