I live in a weird frog-lovin' town...

For the past 2 years I was involved in a production of the musical A Year with Frog and Toad and just a few days ago completed a stint as a giant frog mascot. I have an affinity for the little buggers, I have to admit -- which makes me giggle and sigh when I read stuff like this...

Toad Hollow is the famous miniature village located on the eastern entrance of the Toad Tunnel near the main Davis Post Office. Ted Puntillo Sr., the builder of the Toad Hollow village, has also written a book title "The Toads of Davis," which tells the story of the town's legendary toad tunnel. In 1995, the city of Davis spent $14,000 to build a frog and toad tunnel under the Pole Line Road overpass across Interstate 80 -- between the post office and an empty field on the other side of the road expressly so frogs could cross the road safely.

Did you know that the Frog Tunnel was not put in at the exact spot where the frogs cross the road? Apparently, it was put in several feet away from the crossing location, and today the frogs ignore the tunnel and still cross the road where they always have, which means they continue to get squished by cars!