Comments on: Salamander afternoons http://africanalchemy.wordpress.com/2009/01/05/salamander-afternoons/ Back in the light-filled continent Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:34:18 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: starofseshat http://africanalchemy.wordpress.com/2009/01/05/salamander-afternoons/#comment-146 starofseshat Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:01:14 +0000 http://africanalchemy.wordpress.com/?p=154#comment-146 Beautiful. I see the eye. He is stunning. Beautiful. I see the eye. He is stunning.

]]> By: starofseshat http://africanalchemy.wordpress.com/2009/01/05/salamander-afternoons/#comment-142 starofseshat Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:50:55 +0000 http://africanalchemy.wordpress.com/?p=154#comment-142 Was there meant to be a picture, Marya? I just got a blank space and a file name on my screen - I was looking forward to maybe seeing your lizard. "...drawn by energy and strength but repelled by temperament, irascibility and violence." I wonder if I should call on the Salamander like a Budgerigar in a coal mine to warn me of the latter characteristics in future lovers! LOL Was there meant to be a picture, Marya? I just got a blank space and a file name on my screen – I was looking forward to maybe seeing your lizard.

“…drawn by energy and strength but repelled by temperament, irascibility and violence.” I wonder if I should call on the Salamander like a Budgerigar in a coal mine to warn me of the latter characteristics in future lovers! LOL

]]> By: akannie http://africanalchemy.wordpress.com/2009/01/05/salamander-afternoons/#comment-141 akannie Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:52:05 +0000 http://africanalchemy.wordpress.com/?p=154#comment-141 When I was a girl, we had a creek in the woods in back of our house. We'd go out there and catch salamanders (called Mudpuppies, around these parts) and play with them all the time. They were blackish grey and sleek and slippery, and burrowed in the mud. If you rubbed their bellies, they would lay there looking at you for a long time. My brothers were always afraid of them...but I could see that light in their little sleepy eyes... We have lots of the little blue tailed lizards around here now, you see the cats playing with them all the time, or they'll skitter across the woodpiles or through the leaves. Not sure I'd want to take a bath with one though.... When I was a girl, we had a creek in the woods in back of our house. We’d go out there and catch salamanders (called Mudpuppies, around these parts) and play with them all the time. They were blackish grey and sleek and slippery, and burrowed in the mud. If you rubbed their bellies, they would lay there looking at you for a long time.

My brothers were always afraid of them…but I could see that light in their little sleepy eyes…

We have lots of the little blue tailed lizards around here now, you see the cats playing with them all the time, or they’ll skitter across the woodpiles or through the leaves.

Not sure I’d want to take a bath with one though….

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