It’s Geyri’s hatch day
Geyri hatched from his egg one year ago today. When I got him about 2 months later, he weighed 12 grams. Today he weighs 33 grams. Uromastyx lay 10-15 eggs […]
Category Archives: Nature
Animal instinct is amazing
This is the first summer together for Geyri and I. He came to live with me in September last year, and there was some effort needed to learn to keep […]
Cactus for Geyri
On a big uromastyx FB page, many people said that uros really like cactus. I’m constantly thinking of good foods for him. Right now I can collect things like dandelions […]
And she rambles along….
There’s 2 ways to look at this. Wow, has it only been 6 weeks? Or, OMG, it’s been SIX weeks! I’m old(er) and avoiding going out into the world where […]
Stay home…and garden, OK!
If this had to happen, I’m so glad it happened in the spring. There’s beautiful new life all around us here, and garden and yard work to do on […]
Limbo
Hours go into days and it all feels like limbo. I do enjoy my own company but solitude feels different now. I sound sad because I am, since so […]
Lizard instincts….. protection
Hide, run, dig. But the little uromastyx in the scrub brush, rocky deserts in Northern Africa probably can’t out run birds or larger lizards who want to eat them. […]
Rambling along, for 10 years!
10 years! Sometimes I’ve had a lot to say in those years, other times not so much. There’s plenty I’d like to say now, like about a trial with no […]
Geyri, the uromastyx
Little Geyri is so interesting to have. I never knew you could get so attached to a lizard. I haven’t seen him as much lately because many lizards, even ones […]
I’m glad to live where I do
On a beautiful warm November day, I took a ride out to the foot on the mountains to an Amish-run bent and dent store. I’ve often talked and written about […]
