Lizards are everywhere in south Florida where I just spent a week with my daughter's family. Nevertheless, the ardent Harry Potter fans in the fam are holding out hope that 3-yr-old Nickolas was right when he said he found some "wizard eggs." He and his daddy found them behind a stack of plywood in the garden shed.
I had never seen lizard eggs before and was fascinated that my son-in-law, Thaddeus, knew immediately what they were. Originally from the island of St. Croix, he and his siblings grew up with them. For our dinner conversation, they volunteered a memory of a game they invented as children. It required patient skill and a particularly long blade of grass. They tied the end of the grass blade into a specially designed loop and waited. The longer the blade, the better the chance of sneaking up on a lizard without scaring it off. When the hapless creature crossed their path, they slipped the loop over its head and walked their new pet on a leash. Here's hoping this post doesn't give anyone any ideas. dkm (aka Omi)
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| Lizard eggs |
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| Lizard lasso |
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| See how tiny |
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| Wook out, wizard! |
