Robbie has been sick so he’s been out of school. But here that doesn’t mean he’s confined indoors. It’s quite warm and our back deck was shaded through most of the early afternoon, so I let him play outside with his trucks and rocks. Cub was sleeping upstairs and I sat at the kitchen table beading a bracelet in calming silence (loving it!). Robbie comes in and says the above. I don't remember seeing a snake here before but I didn’t want to squash his excitement, so I follow him outside and say to myself, “OK, let’s see what he’s found.” Turns out it was a green gecko with a really long tail moving along the fence.
It really amazes me what he observes while he is out there. To us, he is totally absorbed in this trucks and rocks. He can play for hours, but little of the natural world around gets by him. And it also amazes me what he remembers. Earlier this year, I spotted another gecko on the fence (the green ones are infrequent). I got excited and ran into the house to get the camera. I’m pretty sure Robbie remembered that, and yesterday he was happy to tell me that one was back and he wanted me to take more pictures.
Noel and I are also secretly very happy to see that he can spot photo ops! We’ll be getting an SLR into his hands as soon as we can.
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