Lizard eggshells?

When we were out digging for gold we kept finding these little eggshells barely the size of a peanut.  They were all cracked and if you touch them they want to crumble.  We were digging in a wash and at first I thought we were finding them just in the top layer of soil under a creosote bush.  That would make sense since critters like to make homes in the dirt under these bushes but we kept finding them no matter how far in we dug.   The shells were so small and so abundant I guessed they might be from a lizard nest.  That is what I keep telling myself since I don't want it to be snake or scorpion eggs but who knows.  

I also found a rock with a little fossil in it.  The white stripe in the middle is actually a skeleton of some small creature like a centipede.  You might have to click on the picture to see it better.  

Just weird things you find out digging.  

We might not be digging for awhile now that it has rained some.  We will have to see how wet the dirt got but there is another band of rain coming this week and if we get any of that we will be done digging for sure for a month or so.  
 

More Minnsota

While driving to various friends and relatives I got to see lots of wildlife.  I saw lots of turkeys and they can move fast when they want to get away from you.  I wish I could have gotten a picture of the more than two dozen that crossed the road in front of me.  It was hilarious to watch because they followed right behind each other single file.  I saw dead porcupines on the road and a live coyote that insisted on crossing the road in front of me.  An eagle rose out of the ditch and almost hit the windshield in his effort to skeedaddle.  I thought I only had to worry about deer and traffic.

At one friends house it snowed so I had to get a picture.  It's nice to have a reminder of why we left Minnesota.  I love the lake view but it comes at a cold price.  We have been starting to look for a house somewhere warm like Arizona.  Prices are skyrocketing so we aren't sure now when we will be able to afford something decent.  It's surprising because we are looking at very small places like 1200 to 1400 sq.ft. with a very small yard.  We are seeing prices go up by as much as $50,000 or more since we first started to look last year.