We have been spending time with Linda's mom and dad while we are here in sunny Florida and some of those times we take our pups with us because it gives them the opportunity to run free in the the fenced in back yard. During these times, Kassy has discovered the little lizards that are everywhere here in Florida.
They crawl on the window screens and they crawl on the fence and on the trees. I'm told they are harmless and they are fun to watch as they skitter up and down.
Anyway, Kassy has become aware of these little guys and is fascinated by them to almost to the point obsession and her attention span while observing them is close to amazing. She has discovered that by sitting on a wicker box located on the back porch of mom and dad's house that she has a strategiv view of the entire back yard, including the fence and the grapefruit trees. Naturally her perch includes an excellent view of the screens that enclose the back porch. All of these are target rich environments for lizard viewing and Kassy has taken to sitting for what seems like hours, watching for her buddies to appear. When that happens, she gleefully announces to all the world that the lizards have arrived by yelping excitedly. This, of course, is time for dad or mom to step in and quiet her down. This goes on pretty much for the entire time we are visiting with grandma and grandpa.
There is, however, at least one lizard we strongly encourage Kassy to avoid irritating and that would be the 6 ft. alligator who recently went gliding by our campsite in the lake. I spoke softly to Mr. Alligator and encouraged him to just keep going. Hopefully he did as I asked. I've heard the attention span of alligators is fairly short.
They crawl on the window screens and they crawl on the fence and on the trees. I'm told they are harmless and they are fun to watch as they skitter up and down.
Anyway, Kassy has become aware of these little guys and is fascinated by them to almost to the point obsession and her attention span while observing them is close to amazing. She has discovered that by sitting on a wicker box located on the back porch of mom and dad's house that she has a strategiv view of the entire back yard, including the fence and the grapefruit trees. Naturally her perch includes an excellent view of the screens that enclose the back porch. All of these are target rich environments for lizard viewing and Kassy has taken to sitting for what seems like hours, watching for her buddies to appear. When that happens, she gleefully announces to all the world that the lizards have arrived by yelping excitedly. This, of course, is time for dad or mom to step in and quiet her down. This goes on pretty much for the entire time we are visiting with grandma and grandpa.
There is, however, at least one lizard we strongly encourage Kassy to avoid irritating and that would be the 6 ft. alligator who recently went gliding by our campsite in the lake. I spoke softly to Mr. Alligator and encouraged him to just keep going. Hopefully he did as I asked. I've heard the attention span of alligators is fairly short.
2 comments:
and so are the victims of the alligators!
Ohhhhhh, that's just wrong!!!
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