Wood FrogI found this guy while I was cleaning out my flower garden in mid April. Today enough snow was finally melted so I could go outside and do a little work. I decided to clean out last year's flower bed and discovered a few firsts for 2014. First I found this little green guy. I have no idea who he is, but I discovered him and several of his friends hidden under the wet leaves.

Next I was greeted by my first frog of the season. He was rather slow moving and once he had hopped out to the warm stones on the driveway, he didn't want to move any further. I took that opportunity to do a mini photo shoot.

Next I woke up a sleepy caterpillar. He was curled up in his bed of leaves when I raised his covers. He seemed to yawn before stretching out. I left him alone and went back to removing decaying leaves from the garden when I saw a tiny seed bravely sprouting.  But when I walked down to the brook an hour later, I discovered that this was not the first  sprouter of the year, as a lone coltsfoot had woken up right next to the brook. I did not have my macro lens with me when photographing the coltsfoot.

All in all it was an enjoyable day of several firsts. I love this time of year when everything seems new!