Lounging Lizard’s Tale … a short story in pictures

Written by Sheryl Gwyther ... author

Okay, I’m allowed to play around today – I finished the story I’ve been writing and need some play-time creativity.

Here’s a little slide show I made – if it makes you laugh and brightens up your day, leave a comment and a big smile.

First, the back story. A baby Eastern Water Dragon turned up in our backyard in suburban Brisbane – maybe from the local creek. It lived around our pond, spending its days catching insects, dodging butcher birds, soaking up the sun, diving into the pond and generally having fun.

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After 4 months, it disappeared – heading off towards the creek. It would’ve had to go through another backyard, across a road, across an open park before reaching the creek. I hope it made it! At least, I have my photos to remember the delight of watching at close range what a wild creature does all day.

Here’s my very short SLIDE SHOW of one day’s worth of photography with this wee creature. Click to advance images. Enjoy! 🙂

Lounging Lizard Tale by Sheryl Gwyther_2

©  Sheryl Gwyther 2011

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15 thoughts on “Lounging Lizard’s Tale … a short story in pictures”

  1. That’s lovely Sheryl. I live in the country and i love all these creatures.. The cat brought in a baby dragon lizard the other day and I picked it up to take it outside and it bit me. It was so funny, fierce little fellow. It wouldn’t have been more than 2 inches long.
    We also have a frog residing in each of the toilets. I called one Lucy because it has such a pretty face and the other one is Butch.

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  5. Love this Sheryl…..Lol….love the sun-tanning and stretched out poses….some gorgeous pics 🙂

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  8. ahh. story was too short but what little of it there was, made my evening.

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  10. He did have a real personality! The funniest pictures (which I can’t find) are the ones where he jumped back out of the pond covered in duck week, looking like some miniature green water-monster, and then proceeded to clean very precisely around his face and legs and ate the tiny bits of weed held in his hand (?).

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