i think this is it.
with some changes
this is directly on the Cloth. no more fooling around. the first, that thread for legs and tail is obviously too light. so...the tail i couldn't change, but the legs i touched with sepia Pigma Micron pen in the second pic. and i gave a thread eye. and also, a line down the back with the pen which i'm not sure what to do about...if i try to stitch a line there it would change things too much. so, small dilemma about that.
BUT ........ this is good. the right size and the right "visual weight". i will do another but with different leg and tail threads that will be more distinct.
also...didn't add a separate head this time, but shaped the rectangle of cloth enough to define it. i will get better at that the more lizards i make, i think. so if this really feels ok, after this initial burst of happiness, i will be able to have as many lizards as i had originally envisioned...for sure in the stones, but also other places...on the tree, in the grasses and most of all...by her.
OK.
