While cleaning and organizing our tool shed, a project that occupied the better part of my day, I encountered this amphibious resident. Conveniently, he jumped right into the dust bin I was using making it easy to take him indoors to show Maya and to subsequently release him into a more natural habitat. My initial posting identified this fellow as a frog. Not even close, as I learned from our neighbor. Subsequent internet research has allowed me to make the correct identification. For those interested in learning more about the American Toad I refer you to this link which I found quite informative. Maya, still recovering from a slight cold, made use of the afternoon to prepare a cake for Nico’s graduation party to be held next Saturday. It is a work of art and I cannot wait to sample the masterpiece (not fully completed as pictured here).