Froggy Tales!

In the sprit of explaining where I get my ideas from I wanted to share some thoughts. My previous post was all about summer activities in Scotland. This one is about an idea that came about during a visit to Brittany.

I spent the last week of the summer hols cycling around a quiet corner of northern Brittany. Wonderful! The area was a hidden gem surrounded by fields of vegetables: cabbages, pumpkins, artichokes, onions and lettuces. Truly, Brittany must feed all of the good folk of France. I couldn’t get enough of the views of long lines of produce making its way up through the sun-baked soil. But what really captured my imagination was an old stone built well at the edge of the fields. Presumably this well was crucial in allowing local farmers to keep their crops irrigated so they could produce vegetables in such abundance. A spring bubbled up in the centre of the well and as I approached a multitude of frogs leaped from the edge into the water. The plopping sounds of their escape was enchanting! I managed to get a picture of a handsome chap before he disappeared into the depths.

The combination of sunshine, cycling, farming and frogs set my grey matter alight! Years ago I attempted to make a paper model of a frog on a bicycle. I never got round to making a metal version but I am now inspired to go back to it. I may add a pumpkin or two…. or perhaps some onions. Watch this space…!