OT: POTD Lizard or Gecko?

14 years ago

good morning

Is everyone ready to tackle the day? No matter what it holds?

As for me, I am sitting here and thinking : What will I be doing out of all the things that need to be done? Let alone what I would LIKE to do.

All I know is that I will drive to the store to buy more labeling tape. Let me tell you, I sure hope this WORKS lol

I went to Staples yesterday to find one of those punch the letters and make your labels, machine. Remember those?

Well needless to say, I awoke out of the stone age when I saw what kind of machines you can get these days lol

I ended up with one that you hook up to the computer and you can make laminated labels. WOW the brugs look SO pretty now ha ha AND I can read it too. So now it just needs to hold true and be UV resistant.

Going to Label ALL things that way now.

Well except the things that move like this Lizard. I was sitting close to the window and out of the corner of my eye I saw something land in the bush. I thought it was a bird. then I looked and there it was...a Lizard hanging in the bush. All 4 spread apart and it was HUGE. I even called hubby to show him lol. Buy the time I went outside it had moved to the wall, but just hung there. I think it is a mommy to be :-)

What do you think?

{{gwi:486255}}From Picture of the day, May 2009

Love my garden critters

Have a great day everyone. I will again, for it is OMA day :-)

Hugs

Lucy

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givelittle_getlots
Original Author
14 years ago
While searching for what my critter is, I came across this one and just got to post this lol
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://z.about.com/d/exoticpets/1/0/C/G/1/geicobrittney.JPG&imgrefurl=http://exoticpets.about.com/od/geckos/ig/Leopard-Gecko-Pictures/Geico---Leopard-Gecko.htm&usg=__ot8lj5XX4ujqh0whrfksH-L0C0Y=&h=300&w=400&sz=113&hl=en&start=18&um=1&tbnid=xlIZaE4qJYi1mM:&tbnh=93&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3DGecko%2527s%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG%26um%3D1

Lucy
karyn1
14 years ago
It's not a gecko but looks a bit like a little Bearded Dragon. I don't think it's a dragon but something similar. That little Leopard gecko in the bowl is cute. Mine don't like water, just their little humidity box when they're getting ready to shed or lay eggs. There's a really cool lizard that's all over Central America. They have a big "fan" that they puff out around their neck and they can run across water on their hind legs. The house we stay at in Ambergris Cayo is pretty much in the jungle and is up on stilts. There's all kinds of cool critters around. We went right after the rains one year and there were all kinds of critters swimming under the house. I was kind of freaked out getting to the stairs. lol
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lol....my mom and I always say...you can take everything away from us...but you can not stop us from laughing. It DOES keep you young at heart!! Kylie I sure danced SO much and now I know that I am crossing fingers AND toes in the future right away...cause it sure rained a lot here also. It was such a relief not to have to go out and water and the WHOLE yard is wet. Of course I was thinking about you. Hoping that you got your share of rain. PA so glad you got rain too and the rest who needed it! Haase the only time I burn candles is when I have a romantic evening with a glass of wine and Andrew's Gold by my side. Looks like the candles have to wait a bit longer. Besides, I do not turn on lights...I have these little night lights...on the floor. They really give you just enough light were you think wow...everything is a ok lol Lucy
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peony_tx
14 years ago
I think it's a Western Fence Lizard. I get in my garden and I love them.
PKponder TX Z7B
14 years ago
It looks like a fence lizard. We had lots of those in Granbury.

Have a great day all!

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fool4flowers
14 years ago
I have the same lizards. They are cute and eat lots of bugs. I haven't seen my gecko family this year but the little green chameleon came back with little ones. I love to watch her puff her throat out, lol. Going to get Morgan this afternoon in Austin. Have a good Oma day~
givelittle_getlots
Original Author
14 years ago
Well, while I was sipping my coffee out there. I saw THEM :
{{gwi:486257}}From Pictures to share with Garden buddies

:-) thought I share the COUPLE that gave me a nice coffee break and I got up REAL close to them and they did not run away :-)

Lucy
givelittle_getlots
Original Author
14 years ago
Karyn...YOU and freaked out? I thought nothing can do that lol. But I know exactly what fan puffy one you mean. No name but real clear in my mind!

Well if it is a fence lizard...what the heck are they doing on my brick wall? roflmao

Kristy call me when you got a minute. :-)

Lucy
karyn1
14 years ago
I wish we had more lizards around here but all we have are skinks and they hide under the bark of rotted trees. It wasn't the lizards that freaked me out in Belize. It was everything else swimming under the house. It was the unidentifiable things with big teeth! lol
phoenixryan
14 years ago
They are cute little guys that is for sure! I have a family of geckos that lives in the wall behind my porch light. They come out only at night, when the light is on, and catch all the bugs that are attracted by the light.

Pretty sure yours are the western fence lizards. Geckos don't really get the scaly skin like that.
givelittle_getlots
Original Author
14 years ago
well I love them. They are really the first pair that does not run away. Everytime I was around the house outside....there they were :-)

Lucy
fool4flowers
14 years ago
I'm so sorry Lucy. I have been really busy this week and my brain doesn't function too well when I am under stress, lol. Give me a call in the morning before I go to work. I know once I leave the house I will forget. I have a lot to do after lunch tomorrow. Love you couple of lizards. I had a chameleon in the greenhouse this morning and I made her a deal. If she would invite all her friends to eat I would not spray the poison, lol.
luvmy3afhounds
14 years ago
Lucy,
Your lizards are so cool! I bet they will make their home with you. We get little lizard things here. I love them and tell them to eat all the bugs they want. They tease my youngest dog when they are on the patio by the french door. My dog will not stop barking at them. I did find one outside upside down with teeth indents in its belly from my dog I am sure. The lizards we have run away VERY fast if you get near them and they love to climb the brick on the house.
Joyce
givelittle_getlots
Original Author
14 years ago
Kristy lol....I hope she invited all her friends and you can do the GREEN earth thing lol I can just picture them sitting around the table having a 7 course meal rofl

Joyce you know, the Vet ask me if my Cat Amadeus could have eaten a mouse and THAT is blocking his colon. Darn...that cat is such a scaredy cat, he does not even get close to a baby lizzards when it makes it into the house. Now the girl cat Aisha...SHE is the killer!

It is what it is in this family...the woman have to do all the work roflmao

Lucy
fool4flowers
14 years ago
Oh, boy I hope they weren't in there this evening. I was spraying the front for mosquitoes and fleas and had John do the back. I forgot to tell him to not do the greenhouse and he did that and all the plants too. I hope it doesn't kill my roses and chrysanthemum. It said not to use on those. He sprayed all my plants that weren't near ponds so I hope it dosen't kill any of them! I saw quite a few critters on the brugs when I was stripping them today but they looked much less than there was before. Blasting them has been working well except THey were hiding on the back side of the plant, lol. I had to turn each plant around and sure enough they were all line up in the spots I had been not getting too. Sneaky dang mealy bugs. I laid several of them on the ground and blasted on side then rolled and did it again until I got them all the way around this time.

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