I've been meaning to post about an incident which I witnessed about a week or two ago at the U.C. Botanical Garden. John and I were spending an afternoon there and (somewhat voyeuristically) decided to see how newt mating season was progressing. We made our way to the pond and of course the little amphibians were swimming about together in primal abandon. Then, from the corner of my eye I noticed a pair that seemed somehow different. To my shock I realized that the amphibian one particular newt had grabbed to mate with was a frog! The frog struggled and swam quickly away (though I think it might have paused ever so slightly) leaving the newt looking after. I've seen some pretty impressive displays of amphibious lust up there, but I think this qualifies as one of the strangest - newts with odd proclivities! The rest of the garden was more typical - lots of ceanothus starting to bloom and nice plants on sale! On a similar note we recently visited the Regional Parks Botanical Garden between rain showers. It was spectacular up there! Giant maroon trillium in bloom, lots of manzanita flowers, fawn lilies and fritillaria in flower! We finished our walk right before the hail started - I'll try to post some of the pictures I took (eventually!).
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