Flock of fireflies and Lizzy
The trouble with me being busy beyond belief is that I get behind.
I don’t mean with my housework (so many excuses to use there, but seeing as how everyone knows I live in a state of moderate chaos, there is not much point using any of them!)
I don’t mean with my photo taking (Heaven’s above, anyone will tell you that camera is pretty much WELDED to my hand!)
I mean with my blogging.
And when my blogging gets ignored, my photo archives get backed up. Seriously backed up. My hard drive is about to erupt like Mt Vesuvius with photos demanding some kind of outlet.
So tonight, as the flock of fireflies in my bedroom synchronise enough beacons to guide in a few jumbo jets, I decided to share some shots taken back then, in order to relieve a little of the pressure on my hard-working little C: drive.
We were on our way home from dropping my Dad off at his beloved grader, in his ongoing battle to fix the paddock roads (and taking photos of those terrible roads while I was at it) when we spied this young lizard taking a Sunday stroll down the middle of the road…
And as I am wont to do, I began a ‘conversation’ of sorts…
Oh hello there… aren’t you pretty?
No… don’t mind us.
No please, take your time, we’re not in a hurry…
Yes, yes, I realise it’s nice and warm and DRY in the middle of that road, and you don’t really wish to get off it…
Why yes, we are following you, Ms Lace Monitor.
I know… you are striking and gorgeous, with your yellow and black stripes, but really, we AREN’T stalking you.
And just because I demanded my husband take the camera to HIS side of the car to get MORE shots of you as you dashed up that charred tree, does NOT mean anything…
No, I am NOT the paparazzi.
Well… I guess, come to think of it, to any living thing on Granite Glen it might APPEAR that way…
Why yes, I am now out of the car and zooming in on your gorgeous talons and scales …
Have your people call my people, and we’ll talk fees.
Okay?
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D’ya think I need to get out more? Heh…
So that was one little set of pics now happily blogged.
I love goannas – they are really big and amazing-looking, but not at all aggressive. I really don’t like the look of those claws though – and remembering my friend Elle’s advice of ‘never look too much like a tree‘ if I ever get close to one.
Did she make you smile or creep you out, my Bell’s Form Lace Monitor?
17 Comments
Teri
I adore lizards! As a kid I wanted a Komono dragon… but a monitor would do. Mom said no. So I caught whatever fence lizards or anoles or skinks who were stupid enough to let a kid get close. After a couple days I’d let them go. Our home now has a HERD of lizards hanging around.
Kate
Creeped out? Heck, no. I love your shots of animals and landscapes that I may never see in my lifetime. I find it fascinating.
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Buttons
It made me smile. Well it could have been the very funny commentary. I understand to busy and camera welded to my hand. We are more alike then I knew.Thanks I have never seen anything like this in Canada. B
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Nancy in Iowa
It definitely made me smile! I have one of your goanna photos and I love it! I house sat for a couple a few years ago who needed someone to feed and care for their menagerie while they went to a reptile show in Florida. Among my charges was a pair of skinks – beautiful creatures! One especially enjoyed climbing up my arm to the top of my head….
Cactus Jack Splash
Wonderful photos
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Chookyblue
I got some great pics a few months ago…………we had 3 goannas together…….facinating aren’t they…….
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Kelly
Made me smile.
🙂
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CottonLady
Oh, I am so glad someone else carries on “conversations” with wildlife like I do!!! Loved your photos of the little dear. Been gone for a couple of weeks, so have a lot of your blogs to catch up on. Hope all is going well and that you are getting recovered from the horrible flooding.
Blessings!
CottonLady
debby
I’m not a tree. I’m not a tree. I am so not a tree.
Bush Babe
Tee hee… isn’t it just the best advice ever?
Amanda
What a beauty.
So nice of her to pose like that 😉
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Lisa
She is gorgeous! My 10yr old daughter is constantly on the hunt for lizards. At any one time we have numerous drop-tails “living” in an old fishtank in her bedroom. I said “NO”!! to the blue-tounge she found behind one of our sheds that she wanted to share her space with and I think I would run screaming from the house if she brought that beauty home!!
Beet
Ooo he’s a beauty! My young bloke would particularly have admired him!
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Lydia
what interesting photos!!!! I definitely like the lizards. 🙂
Audrey
Ewww… Creep. Me. Out! Tried to read the commentary without looking at the pics. I am SO not a reptile girl!!! Now will go look at some pictures of pretty cattle. I know there are some around here somewhere.
Jayne
What a gorgeous gal!
That last pic has sooooo got to go in your next calendar for 2012!
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Rhu
I have conversations with critters I shoot (with the camera!) too.
Isn’t it amazing the way they blend in with the background? Gorgeous.
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