I just rescued a dinosaur....

[alfreda89]

He was quite cute, perhaps three inches from nose to tip of long tail, and proudly on his feet, head raised, tail out--and I was perhaps 5 steps ahead of his death, two Burmese up from their naps. I feared a lizard grab a la my friend Thinker, so herded him onto a laundry basket and took him outside.

The anole let me know who was boss by refusing to be herded--he hopped out a hole in the lattice of the basket! And then ran 18 inches in the dry leaves, changing color as he moved.

I'm glad he's okay--we had to put out a sweet bait for the rover ants, and I was worried about the anoles. With luck, everyone died underground...

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[apricot-tree.livejournal.com]

I've heard a lot of good things about Austin - including that they have a thriving music and art scene. It's been on my list of places to visit for awhile. I bet you have lots of interesting flowers.

One of those centipedes almost crawled over my bare foot while I was watching TV and fried my 16 year old mind. They had to send me to sleep at the neighbors. I was hysterical.

Yours sound pretty. Ours were big and dark and mean. And they eat gecko eggs.

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

Yours sound pretty. Ours were big and dark and mean. And they eat gecko eggs.

Hope the geckos got even somewhere on the chain!

Maybe we need to teach our baby Cthulhus to eat centipedes....