The Toad Under the Stone Wall

There is a stone wall that I drive by all the time.  It is an amazing work of art built over a series of years over a decade ago by a craftsman named Kevin French.  I remember driving by during the years he worked on it and seeing it come together piece by piece.

It marks the driveway and property along the road to a home that cannot be seen from the road.  The owners take amazing care of the wall and there are woodchips all around with any weeds quickly pulled up so as to not detract from the wall.  People are constantlystopping to look at it or take photos of its twists and turns.  In the center it has a twist that water can flow under.

Then at the very end the wall loops up and over creating an enchanting little space that has a toad tucked inside it.  I decided the top of the toad was a perfect place to leave a gift and had a pack of recipe cards and a note that seemed just right.