COVID Senior Lockdown, Day 24

Spring seriously sprang today in our little segment of the world. The first Skinks of Spring surfaced for some sun. Do you know skinks? Friendly little lizards that we have enjoyed around the yard for years. The little ones run about 3-4 inches and are black with blue stripes and blue tails. The bigger ones are tan or reddish-tan and can get fairly sizable, like the buddy below who showed up on the front porch today. They congregate around the garage and the foundation, love to sit in the sun, skitter along the ground entertaining the cats, and eat bugs. As far as I can tell, they have no downside. They hide or hibernate when the weather goes cold, but are active and adorable in warm weather. We consider them good luck.

The bricks are the usual 8 inches long. Do the math on this big boy.

It’s pouring now. It’s not supposed to be. Literally (and I mean that literally) 15 minutes ago the missus asked me whether it was supposed to rain. I checked my go-to weather site Weather Underground. I like it not because it’s particularly accurate, but because it has fewer giant annoying ads. It said no rain until after midnight. Midnight came 15 minutes later. Literally.

We did enjoy the Supermoon last night. We get a great view from here of sky events that happen in the east.

Stay safe.

- Guy