Frog Fast-Food Factory
I happened upon this bug catcher,
a wondrous cage of light
in downtown veranda-villa,
sparking up most every night.
There is a family, they flick a switch,
the cage lights up, so sweet.
The bug-eyed bugs, too mesmerised
are zapped and ready to eat!
The electricity, it does its job
the moths and flies, deceased
with a flavour slightly BBQ’d
they become a sumptuous feast,
for frogs of all persuasions,
it’s an easy, laid back affair
care of the fast-food factory
for us frogs, without a care.
Gabe Feathers McGee 
ha ha – lovely post – love frogs (except those dastardly cane toads) and your pics. bb.
Thanks bluebee – canetoads are the pits here in Australia (apparently people love them in the UK where they are not an introduced species) – our pond is full of toad tadpoles (or is that toadpoles) – aargh!
This is a sweet and funny post Gabrielle! 🙂
The rhythm is great!
I can’t believe how many froggies you have visit your home – they’re such lovely creatures!! We only seem to get toads where I am … yuck!
Every year the toad population is increasing and with the wet weather we’ve been getting it’s going to be toadsville Tracey 😦
Oh…now that’s funny…hadn’t thought of those things as a fast-food factory…quite clever.
Thanks slpmartin – I hadn’t either until we put one on our little table (a lot of people hang bug catchers up – so the frogs can’t get the insects – though the birds always get the dead ones that fall on the ground).
what a horrible machine you’ve got there. i hate. hate. hate the sounds of toasted flies.
but i like the poem and your idea (like slpmartin above)
Hahaha – what’s wrong with the sound of electrocuted insects Dhyan (frying up a storm) – at least you liked the poem. To be honest we hardly turn the bug catcher on these days (those photos are from a couple of years ago).
nothing wrong with that sound of course 😉 it just makes me shiver anytime i hear it. thinking of random death penalty.
Much death is random – I’m a bit of a sadist when it comes to insects – no pity at this end.
Was in Finland this summer. Talking bout mosquitoes. Had to put some of them things down too. You can become a mass murderer style Mao in less than an hour. Still prefer the hand way.
but I can also understand.
take care with them things.
With mutant ninja frogs
Who needs a dog!
‘mutant ninja frogs’ – bwahahaha – big aren’t they! and not at all shy – we had a friend of a friend visit and turns out she’s petrified of frogs – I said ‘well, you’ve certainly come to the wrong place!’
Love it!
🙂
thats fantastic! so funny and imaginative! great photos too. they seem to pose dont they? really great frog face portraits. who woulda thunk, i suddenly realized i have never looked a frog in the face before, not really “looked” yknow hahaha
They do sorta pose – they aren’t shy and will just stand there and let you take the photo. One frog was staring at Michael and then plopped himself on Michael’s head – haha (they wouldn’t want to do that with me). Thanks tipota 🙂
Those frogs are so cute and vivid, they don’t look real. It must be because they have such a perfectly balanced diet.
Michael took photos to school of the frogs and some kids thought they were fake! They are real alright – you should see the size of their poo Squirrel – haha.
I love your froggies. They are so cute. Look how pleased your kids are to be surrounded by frogs – they are real nature lovers aren’t they?
The green is so bright. It almost doesn’t seem real. This post was a complete treat for me!
The kids do love nature (they have no choice – haha) but particularly frogs. It is a bright green – some are greener than others – maybe a different type – there are a few different green tree frogs (the white lipped green tree frog etc.,) but I’m no expert – my better half knows which ones are which (often just by the sound they make). I’m glad you enjoyed my post Selma 🙂
I never thought I’d say this, but those froggies are adorable funny!!! (so are the kiddos) What a cute and funny-sweet poem, this brought a smile! Love this!!!!
Hello – welcome to my blog, and thank you for your sweet comments betweenhearts75 🙂
Love this Gabe! Can see this as an illustrated children’s poem…
My kids thought it was pretty funny – liked the BBQ bit (I knew they would – haha – anything gross goes down a treat with kids). I must see if my Canadian friend Benedicte can whip up a froggy illustration for me.