Lizards

I just had the nicest little conversation with two older ladies. I've
been randomly walking down the beach front and stopping to just look
around. This time I stopped and sat at a slat bench that looks out
over a low rock wall and hedge onto a curve of the beach. I was
looking out at the sky, the beach, and the water when this older woman
quietly slid up and sat on the far end of my bench.

"do you see the lizards?" she asked in a highly Italian accented
English. I really could bare understand her. But eventually I realized
she was pointing out these little lizards living in the hedge and
rocks right in front of me. I hadn't even noticed them after sitting
here for at least five minutes.

When I started trying to snap pictures with my iPhone, another older
lady (this time an island native) started also pointing them out to
me. The three of us were having a good time locating them. We even
noticed the males puffing out their throat flaps (which are bright red
but can't normally be seen) trying to attract the smaller female
lizards. The ladies kept pointing out which ones I should take
pictures of. It was fun.

They have both left now, having other things to do. But I am left
wondering how often we all miss the little beauty, detai, and funl
right under our nose while we are looking at things too far away?