There's nothing like a soothing bath to lift your spirits. But as I discovered this past Friday -- beware the bathroom interloper!
Out of the corner of my eye I spied a curious and apparently agile four-legged shadow creeping up the other side of the smooth fabric of the shower curtain. Enter the Cuban tree frog!
Not one to turn away interesting visitors, I decided to let him enjoy his surroundings, figuring the extra moisture was a welcome relief for this amiable invader compared to the bone-dry terra firma outside.
The would-be bather even struck a nice pose for the camera - perching at the top of the curtain and resting the pads of his hands on the curtain rod as if to say, "Ahhhh..."
-- Paul Videla
Grant Jefferies, a native of Palmetto and chief photographer at the Bradenton Herald, has been capturing moments in the lives of Manatee County residents for over 25 years. Images from the streets of Cuba and Haiti to the clay fields of the Little League World Series and beyond have been captured through the lenses of Jefferies' cameras. Jefferies can be found on his sailboat when his feet are not on land.
Tiffany Tompkins-Condie is in her 13th year as a photojournalist at the Bradenton Herald. Through the years she has covered crimes and carnivals; feasts and floods. Her postings will vary from events in Manatee County's back yard to the work of photojournalists covering the stories of our times from around the world. 
Paul Videla has been a staff photographer with the Bradenton Herald since 2002, when he made the move from Detroit, Mich. When he's not working,
he enjoys hunting for unique LPs at the area's plethora of thrift stores and continually works to improve his baking chops(as the records spin and his dog waits for handouts).
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