Ooh, ooh, lizard!

So Saturday afternoon was spent doing the final walk through and identifying those things in need of repair prior to our closing tomorrow. In the midst of walking around the house exterior, Big Red and Little Red walked close to the base of the house, rustling leaves that had collected there. All of a sudden, *ZIP* up the side of the house goes a small skittering thing.

We have our first lizard, a skink. And not a small one, either. It's similar to the one we found on a Scout outing last summer, which had laid eggs under a log that we intended to burn (lifted log, and discovered the scene in the photo.

Of course, Big Red and Little Red spend the next five minutes chasing the lizard, which only climbed higher and higher up the house exterior trying to escape the clutches of its would-be captors.

No woods trudging this past trip, but lots more to come very, very soon. Let the moving begin!