My brother spotted a lizard sunbathing in the backyard. I heard him talking to it, and was really just kind of concerned about his mental state (I absolutely love him). He invests much of his time in front of the television watching the Discovery channel. Also, that Penguins of Madagascar cartoon, but I digress. Anyway, he was convinced it was some sort of poisonous desert lizard because of the extremely bright blue and teal coloring all over his(her?) chubby little body. I sort of bought into it when I went down to see what all the fuss was about.
As all wild things are, it is quite dirty.
All he wanted was to sunbathe. I called Kevin, the resident lizard expert, and my good friend. He looked at a few pictures and agreed to come by to pick him up, assuring us he was not dangerous, just "really cool looking."
Although it turned out to just be an exceptionally attractive blue belly, and not a poisonous beast, I am quite pleased it gave the lovely Cantrell couple a reason to stop by and spend some time with me.
Addendum/Post Script: The blue bellied sunbather freaked out during the earth quake last night. I kind of did too, my whole bed shook.
