SCUBA Birthday Dude

Greetings, stampers!

Happy middle of May! I'm not even going to talk about it. Instead, we'll just think of today as the start of another fabulous week stretching before us with limitless possibilities!

Wellllllll, not prezackly "stretching" before us. More like whooshing by us! Does that mean we have limited possibilities? No, of course not. We just have to be quick, that's all. Like the lizards I'm going to be sharing with you today.

But, first, for those of you who just stopped by to play cards, I've got one of those, too.

This NBUS SCUBA dude with the googley eyes is a stamp sent to me by my friend Lottie ages ago. It's from Stampendous. It gives me the giggles because that's either a little baby or a balding grandpa! But then I lay my head on my right shoulder and ponder, is that a tail? And, if so, is it a monkey^ with a human head? Has growing up in the 60s caught up with me? No matter what he is, he's having fun! The fishie, wave, and bubbles came from Paper Smooches "Surf and Turf" set. The sediment is from MFT "Framed Greetings."

^ETA: Thank you to my friend TK who let me know that it is indeed a monkey: Changito The Monkey! Apparently, there are a whole series of Changito stamps from Stempendous. So about the face. Let's just say Changito is sunburned!

This was a super QACAS card, put together for a few challenges and to spread the word that today is the 50th birthday of a special friend to a lot of us: Sandie Munroe of London Days! Happy Birthday, Sandie! This is not the card I sent to Sandie, but she has a great sense of humor and she would have liked this one all the same.

Sandie's DT over at TIME OUT are hosting an extra special challenge to celebrate Sandie and over on Kylie's blog you can also find a linky tool (open for a coupla weeks) to add your birthday card to Sandie's greetings!

Challenges

• Addicted to Stamps and More: Holiday.
• Creative With Stamps: CAS (clean and simple). New!
• Less Is More: One-layer card, "At Sea."
• The Sisterhood of Crafters: No designer paper.
• Shopping Our Stash: Sounds of the sea.

Hammy forgot to remind me that there is also a sediment stamp that says, "s.c.u.b.a.: super creative unexpected birthday acknowledgement," which is right up my aackronym alley. But that's okay, I let it go. Hammy is still not himself.

Lizziezzzzzzz

While Hammy's busy looking at scrapbook photos of his furballs, I'll sneak in some overdue lizard photos. (I told you I was a 12-year-old boy half the time and I know lizards aren't for everyone, so it's okay if you skip to the end.)

Here in California, we have tiny little lizards called "fence lizards," because they climb our yard fences and dash across the top. I think that fact makes them one of the less intelligent critters in the kingdom, considering we also have a substantial population of hawks with eagle eyes and eagles with hawk eyes.

Long-time readers have met several generations of "Lizzie." We seem to have more than usual this year. Every time they appear I am mesmerized all over again. As you know, it doesn't take much to mesmerize me!

For scale, you can see that they are quite tiny and not the least bit scary.

Can you see it?

How about now:

Then there was the time the Mister came to show me the surprise he got when he went to get the pail:

Now how the heck did it get in there? You'll really scratch your head when you see where that pail is kept in the garage!

We never know where we're going to see them:

or their toys:

But we do know where they come from. One day I saw this guy in an uncharacteristic huff. Check out the beautiful color of his belly:

Then I noticed that his huffiness wasn't directed at me:

And things progressed as these things tend to do:

Can't find what I'm talking about? 

Can you see the itty-bitty baby now?

This time of year when I'm taking card photos, I usually have nearby company:

We all share the yard very amicably.

The end.

Because lizards took up so much space here today, the "New Friends Corner" will return in the next post. Thank you.

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