Spring time

Spring brought some of my favorite flowers.  And greenness!  I'm amazed how little rain they get here, they are forever watering.  It took 2 days for each side of the apartment complex to fill their water areas.  They let it be 2 days and put in fish.  Ranging in size, all bigger than you'd put in your fish tank.  I don't know if they put new fish in each year, or does someone get pets during the off season?  

They only tested 2 of the several fountains in our side 2 times.  After that they've never been used again and now I think the water level would be too low.  By 2 weeks up and running, the water is down 3 inches.  I don't know if due to a crack in the cement flooring or too hot and dry here?  

The workers do go out each day to skim off dead fish, cotton wood and other garbage floating that they can reach from the side.  And some non-smart people let their kid be a fountain and pee in it!  Yuck.

One day we made the discovery of frog eggs and when they turned tadpole, we took a jar out and caught several to watch on our table.  These are black tadpoles, I only saw the adult frog once and it was ugly.  Maybe a toad actually as was black and spiny or bumpy looking.  I really don't want to see a whole group of them hopping around.  Maybe it's used more as fish food.

I do enjoy walking around these gardens!

Kids exercising at school