When I was a kid, some time between 1972 and 1974 (between ages 11 and 13), I had two pet chameleons that would change between the colors green and brown in a terrarium. At one point, they weren't eating their regular food (live mealworms) for weeks, so I caught a bunch of monarch butterflies and put them in with the chameleons. Nothing happened. My dad suggested that I give my chameleons to my dear friend David who lived several houses down the street, which I did. I think my dad just wanted them out of the house ... or maybe it was my mom. I'll have to ask her. Months later, I found out from a book in a pet shop that chameleons sometimes go weeks without eating. The long lizard in the photo is the type of chameleons that I had. The reptile in the main photo is also considered to be a chameleon.)
August 14, 2025, at homeToday (August 14, 2025) is National Creamsicle Day. I like the orange Creamsicle, but I prefer the chocolate version called the Fudgsicle better. The proper pronunciation by people from Long Island, New York, where I grew up, is "Fuhj-ihh-kell." The "S" is silent. At least, that's what my friends and I called them, when we were kids in the 1960s and 1970s.
August 14, 2025, at home
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