Two Little Expats: Lawrence the Lounge Lizard

Cookie tin camouflage

Jeff had finished making some cookies and was washing up when he yelled, "A lizard just jumped on the soapy cookie sheet." No kidding.

We love having little lizards (like geckos and anoles) live in the house because they eat the BUGS.

The 3 inch long lizard that jumped onto the cookie tin is the same one that lives behind the sofa, occasionally venturing out into the Greater Home. We call him Lawrence the Lounge Lizard. For real.

Sometimes when we're sitting on the sofa, he tentatively charges out from under the sofa in short bursts, across the floor, finally making it all the way to the bathroom. Then he skirts along the floor of the bathroom and all the way up to the top of the wall. He likes to hunt for bugs on the window screen. All true.

But tonight Lawrence took a different route for his adventure. Tonight the little fella managed to jump into the soaped up cookie tin, I presume from the kitchen wall. What a fine mess he got himself into this time. After we got done taking photos of the little guy, he voluntarily climbed onto my forearm and let me carry him back over to the sofa - where an appropriate Lounge Lizard belongs.

He jumped off and ran behind the couch where he continues to live happily to this day.

Resting a moment, getting ready for the final stretch.

First he ran out from the sofa. Then he charged across the floor. He made his way up to the window. Now the cockroach is no more. (Think: Itsy bitsy teeny weenie. He's our lizard; he ain't skinny.)