Wonders... small and large!

Today I saw both the largest and smallest animals since coming to California! Soph and I took a walk after work, and scared up a little deer on our hike. The first I've seen! And then a little further on, something skittered across the trail--it was the size of a bug, but was a tiny, tiny lizard! About half the length of my little finger, and much smaller around, lol. So tiny and perfect! And moving waaaaay to fast to photograph. Fun.

Random Bird of Paradise in our courtyard....
I had a small orientation group at work today--a fun, chatty group. And partway through, when they were asking rather detailed directional questions and finding that I was new to the area, they asked where I moved from. When I told them Wisconsin, one of the ladies said, "Oh. Yes, that explains it. Why you are different. Yah, ok. Mm hmm." And sat back with her arms folded and a satisfied expression as though she had figured out some puzzle. We had to move on, but I'm not REALLY sure what she meant. I've decided to take it as a compliment and not obsess. :-D