As I just said....

It is enough to drive you up the wall...

I was coming back to the house from the longére and saw this little fellow on the step...

That spider had better watch out...

 ...a Tree Frog [Hyla arborea] Rainette verte. I find the tree frogs a fascinating set of creatures... and this fellow was no exception. I dived indoors to get the camera and captured these shots...

but no, he had other things on his mind!

...but the weather was obviously driving him up the wall too!!

There are more pictures of one here.

Reddit, reddit... croak!!

This afternoon we were visited by a creature I had been longing to see... A Tree Frog [Hyla arborea] Rainette verte.
I was pretty certain we should have it around... but they are notoriously difficult to see... but this little* fellow wasn't!
It was just hopping across the grass at the back of the longére... and not very well camoflagued at that, either!
I had to take a photograph, so while Pauline ran to find my camera, I wet my hands on the dew-laden grass and picked it up. [Never handle a frog, toad or newt with dry hands... it is not appreciated... and in fact, is bad for them!]
I passed the frog to Pauline once she'd returned with the camera, and forgot to mention wetting her hands as I was rather over-excited!
The tree frog quickly left the hot hands and made for her shirt and then her hat... and posed quite well!

Trying to vanish on a shirt!

And then on a hat!

I then returned it to the moist vegetation and in this last picture you can see how well it can blend in!

But invisible at last in the nettles and goosegrass!!

*4 cms long! Look at the material of Pauline's shirt and the stitching on the hat... that will give you an idea of size!