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CORNER OF THE EYE

It is the time of the year when we go outside and catch just a quick glimmer of a shadow.

Just around the corner.

On the other side of the bush.

As you look out the window or a door.

The lizards are faster than the human eye.

If we are lucky, they will wait just an instant and we can see their beautiful skins glowing.

Then the sprint into the shade.

I recently saved a big one that had fallen into the pool. I still see him from time to time on the side of the house.

It is great. A presence that is all but unknown.

The desert is full of this kind of unseen life. Desert rats, squirrels, insects. All living outside the awareness of humans most of the time.

Camouflaged, fast, still as a rock.

Adaptive to everything.

Wonderful.

Labels: desert, nature