6 Dec 2022. 12.30pm. Hot and humid but sunny.
Video 1/2 shows the heat onto the Forecourt Garden of Esplanade Theatres on the Bay, Singapore.
One or two butterflies. No Oriental Garden Lizards,
but one anole seen on tree trunk after a walk about search for the
lizards. I had wished to see a butterfly and a lizard. A Common Rose
butterfly suddenly fluttered in front of me as I walked past the
shrubs opposite the Family of 5 statues. Later, a yellow butterfly.
No more. Towards the final part of my walk, nearer to the building, I
saw an anole. It eyed me but did not scurry away while I took photos
and videos.
Video 2/2 shows the anole eyeing me like a
statue while I video it. Canon R5 camera.
I also took several
photos, using a tripod.The anole does not bother to scurry away. I
was 15 feet away.
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[10:53 am, 08/12/2022] Peggy How: i deleted those already
[10:53 am, 08/12/2022] David Sing: Okay. Thank you
[10:54 am, 08/12/2022] Peggy How: ya because we always take alot of photos.. i need to clear up the space .. so sorry about it
[10:54 am, 08/12/2022] Peggy How: and i dont go to my office anymore..
[10:54 am, 08/12/2022] Peggy How: cant help you take fresh ones
[10:55 am, 08/12/2022] David Sing: It is okay. Life is like that. Each day will not be the same
[11:00 am, 08/12/2022] Peggy How: 🙏🏻
[11:01 am, 08/12/2022] David Sing: That day, I went to the Esplanade Forecourt Garden and wished to see two creatures that used to be more than a handful. I wanted to photograph them. They are a butterfly and a lizard. I had not been there for weeks.
[11:02 am, 08/12/2022] David Sing: Suddenly, one black rose butterfly flew in front of me and disappeared before I could click my camera. .
[11:02 am, 08/12/2022] David Sing: So one wish is fulfilled.
[11:03 am, 08/12/2022] Peggy How: wow that's nice.. you took the lizard?
[11:03 am, 08/12/2022] David Sing: Lizards are now extinct due to many reasons. No hope. I walked more. Suddenly there was an anole on the tree trunk
[11:04 am, 08/12/2022] David Sing: Looking warily at me. He did not scurry away. He waited for me to take photos.
[11:04 am, 08/12/2022] David Sing: I even managed a video.
[11:04 am, 08/12/2022] David Sing: So, two wishes fulfilled.
[11:04 am, 08/12/2022] David Sing: Hard to believe?
[11:07 am, 08/12/2022] Peggy How: that's interesting ..
The Common Rose butterfly flew away too fast
[11:36 am, 08/12/2022] David Sing: The Anole posed like a statue for me to photograph and take video, but is aware of my presence, in case I go too near to him.
[0:24 pm, 08/12/2022] Peggy How: Nice shots
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In past years, this lizard was commoner.
