Please join me and my friends over at Susan's for Outdoor Wednesday @ http://www.asoutherndaydreamer.blogspot.com/.
This afternoon while taking a break (recovering from a very active weekend) on the screen porch I spotted a very unusual guest. Mind you this guest was not actually in my screened porch, thank God, but was perilously too close on the outside. I literally jumped in my skin when I saw him because I had been sitting out there awhile before I spotted him.
Here he is..just look at this thing! OMG!
This is no ordinary lizard..I think it's a skink??
He was at least a good 8 to 10 inches long!
And wedged in between my screen porch post and the downspout. Yuck!
This was a big fat chunky thing too!
With a tail that went on forever somewhere I couldn't see! Eueww!!!
Now on to another unusual visitor we had, this time on the sailboat!
There she is... Ms. Dragonfly!
Look how she latched on quite comfortably there.
We called her the hitchhiker, because she jumped on somewhere in the middle of the lake...
And rode for so long until we neared the land, then made a hasty exit!
Be sure and let me know if you stop by as I love to hear from you!
Happy Outdoor Wednesday!
Mary
Hi! New to your blog. I also live in NC in Asheville. What a lovely lake! I love your lizard and dragonfly pics. :-)
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That lizard is weird looking and rather big. We just have small ones here, I think.
ReplyDeleteWe get those...it may be a skink, but they are really big, we had one as a pet....Charlie was his name:) What great shots you took Mary! MY B & A party started and will be every other Wednesday.
ReplyDeleteI can't deal with lizards or any creature like that! I just get that "Ew" shiver going through me and need to get away. I would have been in the house very quickly with the door locked and the shades pulled! : )
ReplyDeleteWow, he is a big guy. Love the dragonfly picture!
ReplyDeleteLove your hitchhiker :-) Great shots!
ReplyDeleteI have a brother that lives in Greensboro.....Love North and South Carolina! Cute blog post!
ReplyDeleteThat skink is eating really good! LOL Your dragonfly photos are gorgeous! Love those. Have a great week.
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All of my lizards here in Orlando where wondering where their cousin went! When I fist moved here they all creeped me out, now I don't even flinch when they run across my foot.....Now, snakes YIKKES
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Yikes!!! Hate things like that...now the dragon fly wouldn't bother me!
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Well now, I don't know what a skink is, but he is not welcome at my house!!! I hope some burly man helped correct this situation :@)
ReplyDeleteThat's a blue tail skink and he's the best bug eating machine that you'd ever want. We've considered naming our home "Lizard Hill" because we have dozens of skinks and fence lizards hanging about. I love them!
ReplyDeleteGreat pics! I love dragonflies. Lizards do not bother me but I cannot touch them. We have skinks here too and Like them young when they have pretty colors, blue and yellow....Christine
ReplyDeleteNever heard of a skink, but he looks kinda' creepy! So happy I've discovered your blog. I'll visit often.
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness...I think I would have had a stroke if I had run into that big guy;)!
ReplyDeleteGreat pics!
Enjoy!
Cathy
Hi Mary! That was an awesome lizard! And, I bet he was so fat cause he had been eating all the nasty bug that you don't want in your screen room. Did you give him/her a name cause it looks like it might have found a home...
ReplyDeleteAnd those are incredible photos of the dragonfly! Very frame-able!
Take care there...
~Rainey~
Those are fantastic shots of your little guests. Thanks for stopping by my blog and just so you know, I am having the same problems with my comments disappearing and then reappearing and then disappearing... wonder what is going on with blogger!
ReplyDeleteEwwwwwwwwwww, the skink!! And the dragonfly knows how to make life easy!
ReplyDeleteMy Wednesday post -Tall Sail Ships Arriving. Lots of photos! Hope you can come take the tour with me!
I adore skinks and lizards. Why you ask? Because they eat bugs and I don't like bugs. Well, most bugs anyway, because I do love dragonflies!
ReplyDeleteGlad to see you got the comment problem taken care of!
Oh, Mary!! I would have totally freaked out over the lizard, too! I am not a reptile sort of person at all. I give you credit for standing there long enough to take pictures! Do you know where it went to later?
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures of the dragonfly!! The hitchhiker! That's funny. Your sailboat looks like a lot of fun, I've never been on one.
Thanks so much for stopping by lately. I have been meaning to pop over...sorry. Hope you had a great 4th of July! :-)
xoxo
Janie
Just think of all the bugs that lizard ate to give him such a full tummy! Those bugs could have been in your garden chomping on your plants, so if you look at it that way, this lizard is your friend! Your dragon fly pis are great!!
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Susan and Bentley
xxoo
Mary, Your humor in your blog is so refreshing. I love how you describe things.I enjoyed coming and visiting hope you can stop by my place soon. Debbie
ReplyDeleteYIKES on the Lizard! Just discovered your blog - love the photos -
ReplyDeleteCaron
You have had more than your share of scary looking creatures. I never saw a lizard like that. I have some, but thank goodness they are not this big. Enjoyed your blog anyway.
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