Paparatzi

I am camped out on the sofa again with rewriting work to wade through. I had a brief trip out with sammy to buy supplies including a few little fish to liven up our pond. Watching them explore their new home we dicovered a lot else.
I am not sure if newts can actually snuggle, but these two seemed to be giving it a good shot. They really seem to like these plants we popped in last year for laying their eggs on. These have black bodies with a fiery red belly when they turn over. You might have to click on the picture to zoom in. We also spotted tree frogs and snapped one of them from the step ladder you can see the top of in the reflection. There is a concrete drain pipe in the field next to the house where these frogs sometimes lay their foamy balls of eggs. Unfortunately the pipe is full, so this year and last they have laid on the outside of it where the eggs don't stand a chance, so we moved this year's batch over to a spot just above our pond today where I hope they will be happy enough until the tadpoles are ready to squirm out.