Leah on Connor’s shoulder
While all the geckos have been getting attention, here is a picture of Connor’s bearded dragon Leah. She was about the side of the full-grown geckos when he get her, and due to the feeding of crickets, this is how much she has grown. I’ll bet she isn’t more than one and a half, or two years old.
Her family calls her fat, I say, “Leah is a full-bodied dragon!”
Baby gecko – no name
As we get off and on heat waves, so does my creative energy. Today happens to be one of those days. We live ten miles off the ocean, and it has hit 102 degrees at our house. We didn’t sign up for this heat and humidity, and we haven’t paid for it. There isn’t anyone who lives on the coast that expects this kind of humidity and heat.
The art for today is all about the Little Gecko without a Tail. Not too long ago Crunch, the little gecko without a tail, and Megan had two eggs, then before we knew it, Megan laid two more eggs. Four eggs were marked and put in the incubator, and before we knew it all four eggs hatched. While we were all excited about four eggs Megan laid six more eggs.
Whoa little Megan…
Slow down girl! Megan isn’t too fond of being held, or even very sociable. I think it’s probably because she’s exhausted from running from Crunch, probably ready to lay more eggs, and wants to do something fun for herself. Crunch on the other hand, is very sociable. The minute you open the terrarium door, he jumps on your shoulder, and is more than happy to stay there and visit with whomever it is that wants to play.
One of Megan’s eggs didn’t make it, so right off it was eliminated. Now there are five eggs left, two of which should be hatching any day now. This is such a fun thing to have happen while the kids are 4th, & 6th graders. Kids learn so much from these little creatures. I can highly recommend geckos as a starter pet. Care is minimal, they are sociable, and fun to watch. My grandkids have learned so much from their little creatures. I hope you have learned a little something by them taking over my blog now and then.
The babies haven’t been given names—-that’s for the new parents to do. However, while I was writing this post another baby hatched. Leaving only four eggs. Now they have five babies, and looking for new homes.
Sometimes we just have to pull back, and find another way to create and have fun!
When I get bottled up and can’t find a way out, creating on a small-scale is just the thing!
Greeting cards in a store feel so impersonal, & never say the right thing, so my own cards seem perfect. Now I realize many people don’t send cards any longer, heck they don’t even know how to R.S.V.P. Sadly, that means to Reply, even if you’re not going to whatever you’ve been invited to. After a while we just simply won’t invite you any more. But this post isn’t about bad manners!
On Wednesdays, I get together with a group of ladies who sit and create, but my creations are usually on a larger scale, and lugging them around is a drag. So I take things I can do on the run. Things that don’t take a lot to carry or use paint on. Simpler things…..
These little things would be greeting cards. Some would say to themselves, “what are greeting cards?” This in part is because of text messaging, and electronic devices of all kinds. I don’t tweet, just can’t seem to figure out why I’d need to! That makes me a dinosaur.
Sometimes one or two of the girls have fun pitching in and putting left over pieces together, and sometimes they all have their own things to work on, but whatever happens, we always have fun.
There is nothing like sharing creative energy!
Work in progress
I offer you my apologies for slipping the last couple of weeks. Les and I had a four-legged house guest a few weeks ago, and I didn’t realize it at the time, but having a puppy around the house really was tiring. We haven’t had a puppy in maybe twenty years…….I had forgotten how demanding they are.
Patch
The puppy and our dog Daisy had a fantastic time together, and are now quite lost by themselves. But you know how it is with a couple of young kids, they have to be watched all the time. Two dogs is exactly the same!
Daisy & Patch
The couple of weeks that have followed have thrown me, and admittedly, I have neglected my blogging obligations! I really love to blog, and sometimes my blogs are more interesting to write, sometimes I struggle. I’m sure it is probably the same for everyone. Then there are the times a few days pass, I’ve been extremely busy, and before I know it, someone asks me about my blog, and I realize I’ve forgotten to write.
This post was supposed to be a quick…
This weekend my husband has concerts, and rehearsals for the concerts, so I’m going to take this time and paint. Alone and quiet in my studio, I’ll turn on my iPod full of Artsie Fartsie Painting Music, and get out the paints and brushes, scrapers, and drippers… I’ll be rockin’ to the music, and totally in my right brain. My phone will be turned off, I’ll forget to eat anything, I won’t answer the door, and won’t stop to have coffee……and I won’t starve either.
This is my happy time, and I’m loving it. Life is good!
Have a fun weekend everyone…
Old as Dirt and Proud of it! 
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