Carolina anole hiding

I spooked this lizard when I came out the back door and saw him jump on to a shrub.  I realized he looked really weird so I had to investigate.   I gently pulled the top branch of the bush away and there he was.   Losing a layer of skin!   He sat there long enough for me to get a couple of phone photos.  

My friend Melody stopped by and gave me a bucket full of irises to plant. We laughed because someone had given them to her and she did not want to plant them so she thought about me!    Yikes,  I could not say no but then I had to get out there this morning to get them planted.  And it was hot.    I decided to put most of them in the bed at the front where nothing seems to do well.   They can sit there until next spring and then I will see what happens.  

My dahlia plants that the deer ate the tops out of are trying their best to get new buds.  I am going to get some plant for flowers instead of the general fertilizer that I use in hopes that they will come out.   They are healthy looking except for one that I think was just eaten down to far.   Keep your fingers crossed.