Sis3, love your pics! Looks like the natives are more cold resistant which supports Ventura43's point. There are some really great videos of green anoles on YouTube. The natives go up into South Carolina, I understand. It's just us South Floridians who might lose our beloved natives. Julie in WPB, praying for rain Here is a link that might be useful: green anole with hummingbirds

Pam, I found unusual looking droppings on the balcony of one building that sounds more less like what you've seen. I was thinking some kind of mouse, rat, squirrel....until I looked up. There was a bat using a small nook to sleep in during the day and the balcony floor as a latrine. It's a long shot but you might look up insteand of down

Beautiful picture. I like the blurred background so the anole is sharp. I think this might be the Green Anole. The browns are imports from the islands (most say from Cuba) and have a rougher skin with a variety of markings. Usually the solid colored ones like in the photo are the native Greens. And they have this narrow pointy face. We sees dozens of both species daily in Florida. I let the cats get the imports but we take the Greenies away from them!

The two posts above are completely correct! Peonies are spring blooming perennials, well past their active growth period and ready to go dormant for the fall. Most of us who buy potted peonies leave them in the pots until fall, don't want to disturb them in the spring and risk losing the flowers! It would be best to see how deep it is in the pot before putting it in the ground, though. I'd think you're no warmer than zone 5 in Nebraska which means the eyes should be an inch to an inch and a half below the surface, slightly deeper if your zone is colder. It's not always safe to just dig out a bit of soil to adjust as this can create a depression to capture water and peonies don't like really wet spots, better to plant them slightly mounded expecting the roots to settle a bit. Foliage on peonies transplanted this time of year should be cut back to just an inch or so above the ground, this will help it go dormant so it can put out a nice plant next spring....