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Maui, 2017

Maui Ocean Breezes

Plants and Critters

The toad pond. I never heard the toad concert Gabi told us about, nor saw a toad in the pond. But they aren't out during the day, anyway. We saw several of them during our stay, but it was always too dark to grab the camera. One evening on my way back from the meditation hut I came across a brown bump on the lawn, and it was a large toad - smaller than a bowling ball, but large. Perhaps six to eight inches in diameter. He allowed me to sit down next to him, and even stroke his hard, cold back. I was rather struck by the rough inanimacy of his body, which could as well have been a rock. I stroked him a few more times, wondering if he felt anything at all. He did not go away. -F.