A early July heat wave has now entered its sixth day. Daytime temperatures have routinely been in the nineties. Humidity levels have been described as uncomfortable to oppressive.
I ask myself why I am outside in this type of weather? Sweat is running off my brow, forearms and legs.
On the path, in the shade of a tree and amid the leaf litter on the ground, a Northern Leopard Frog (Lithobates pipiens) takes a short break.
I join it for a moment. Maybe we both are thinking about how nice it would feel to be soaking in a cool body of water -- mud puddle, seep or lake -- with just our noses sticking above the surface.
