This was Not planned... / myLot

Waialua, Hawaii

October 11, 2019 8:07pm CST

This lizard on the wall, an anole to be exact, was not planned. Nor is he/she a pet. Though it is beautiful. I just woke up one morning to see it there and stared at it a while thinking about how big it was and how neither my husband or I ever noticed it come in. Say what?! I doubt it could have hurt me or anything, but still, I did not want to touch it. So I didn't. I waited for my husband to get home.By that time, Mr./Mrs. anole was nowhere to be seen. We went to bed that night and guess who showed up that next day? You got it, the anole. Hubby caught it in a container and let it back outside. No doubt it is happier out there than in our house. Thankfully, there are more bugs outside than in (thanks to ant and roach bait, lol) By the way, Mr or Mrs anole was about 18 inches long from nose to tip of tail. Which explains why I stared at it in wonder for a while. At least, I hope it does...

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Shubhu

@shubhu3 (36463)

• New Delhi, India

12 Oct 19

I can understand. One of my friend is really afraid of lizards.

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Writer Ruth

@WriterRuth (268)

• Waialua, Hawaii

12 Oct 19

I always loved them when young. Now I think they are fascinating, but from a distance. ha ha

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Shubhu

@shubhu3 (36463)

• New Delhi, India

12 Oct 19

@WriterRuth hahaha I like that.

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rakski

@rakski (122097)

• Philippines

12 Oct 19

oh my. I do not think I would like to see a lizard that big and green when I opened my eyes in the morning.

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Writer Ruth

@WriterRuth (268)

• Waialua, Hawaii

12 Oct 19

Pretty color though. :-)

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Jellybelly

@CookieMonster46 (13454)

• United States

13 Oct 19

That is something my daughter would have liked and picked up. Me I would not want to touch it.

Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (317040)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

15 Oct 19

When I lived on Guam I always saw them in and outside our home.

Hanni Harel

@Hannihar (130218)

• Israel

17 Oct 19

@WriterRuth Glad your husband caught it and put it outside where it belongs.

@dgobucks226 (35553)

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21 Oct 19

Maybe the lizard was trying to "horn in" on the spider's territory Glad you got the critter.

maximax8

@maximax8 (31046)

• United Kingdom

13 Oct 19

I like lizards although I wouldn't want to touch one. This time last year we visited the island in the Atlantic called Madeira. We walked along and a lizard would hide. The green lizard must have been a surprise for you. Not once but twice he came to see you.

Anna

@LadyDuck (471294)

• Switzerland

12 Oct 19

I love lizards but I do not want to touch them. If one comes inside I do what your hubby did, I place a net to capture it, a move a piece of cardbox under the lizard and move outstide.

Nocturnal Writer

@Nakitakona (56486)

• Philippines

12 Oct 19

It's big and it's long. Is your surrounding is planted with trees? How come it gets into your house?