Not Your Usual Distraction

 

My time in TX is getting shorter and shorter.

I've been sewing and sewing and sewing,

trying to finish up projects that I've started,

and, of course, new ones that I don't really have time for,

(but when Crafty Daughter asks for something, I stop everything

and make it for her).

 

 

Yesterday, as I was sewing away, I noticed a little movement

at the window next to my sewing machine.

 

Well, of course, being the nature nerd that I am,

all sewing came to a stop!

 



 

I always sew with my camera at the ready, don't you?

When I'm back up on the island, my binoculars are right there, too!

 

This is a Green Anole,
(Anolis carolinensis), common in TX.

I'm assuming she's not green because it was early morning, cloudy.

and being on the fence, she took on the color of the fence.

This is a poor picture, but I wanted to show her little

dewlap-py thingy.

 

Here's a better picture showing the dewlap,

borrowed from the link provided above.

 



 

We played hide and seek for a little while.

 

 

 

And then she realized I wasn't going to harm her,

so she posed nicely.  Either that, or I tired her out!

 

 

She wasn't out there for my amusement, however.

She had a little friend with her,

 

 

had other things on their minds!

I won't show THAT picture:),

but let me just say, that's how I know she's a she!

At that point, I gave them my privacy and returned to sewing my

 

 

Jingle pieced block #2

from One Piece at a Time BOM.

 

She returned later in the afternoon,

and this time she WAS green.

 

 

She changed color quickly.

 

 

I was able to get a few close-ups

 

 

before I returned to the sewing machine

and made a quick gift for a young TX cousin.

 

 

I've been making quite a few bibs and burp cloths this winter.

I discovered that if I purchased a bath towel,

I could back the bib with it and eliminate the need for batting.

Worked great, and I was able to get 6 bibs from one

regular sized bath towel.

 

Okay, enough computer time,

back to the sewing area.

The mornings just aren't long enough.