Sunday, July 11, 2010

::intruder::

We were getting ready to leave the house yesterday evening for a night on the town when Kris spotted this little intruder.
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See him?
He's the first lizard I've seen out here, though Kris and Max claim to have seen more--Kris claims to have seen big ones. He's going to have to prove it to me before I believe it though!
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He wasn't very fast, so Kris was able to nab him with a cup and some paper and put him outside.
I guess that's the price we pay for keeping the doors open for the lovely cool air to flow in.
But I don't mind that little guy. I thought he was pretty cute. Now, a big snake? That I would mind.

Then this morning Max caught a lizard in his room.
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Yes, the lizard was made out of stretchy rubber, but he was a lizard nonetheless.
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Silly.

6 comments:

K said...

I was thinking about you leaving the doors open. Coyotes could just waltz right in and stow away in a closet somewhere. Don't do it. Now, about lizards - at my father's house there are a bunch of tiny lizards that live with him - he is careful not to harm them. Their job is to eat nasty little things like insects and spiders that are not welcome in the house. They're very small and almost transparent. So now you have something in common with your grandfather. That was a cool lookin' lizard, too. I think it's lucky to find a lizard on your broom. I'm pretty sure it is.

K said...

By the way, I think I'm afraid of the plastic ones. And that was a very silly, almost Bad Max face -

Murphy said...

It's an alligator lizard says dad! He used to catch them all of the time in California, in fact his cousin Brad Arrington and he caught a really big one on the wood pile one time and it bit dad! Needless to say, he let it go right away. :)
But he never got bit by a little one, and I've never gotten bitten by any!
I love the rubber one!

Rachel said...

That would CREEP ME OUT!

Shudder......

Reptiles.....

Shudder......

Grampa Guy said...

What a blast to have TWO lizards in the house

Love you

DAd

Kathy said...

I actually thought that the one
Max had was real until I read through it again. It would be a bit weird to see a lizard in my house but I am sure you will get used to it. If you do get a snake please don't tell Ken.