Geckos on Parade

This week has been very windy, with sustained winds of 30 mph, and gusts up to 50 mph. So -- no snorkeling, and not too much else. The winds were worrying, especially since two schefflera trees next to the kitchen were thrashing around so much. So, knowing that they will recover in a couple of months, Tom climbed up and severely trimmed them. Severely as in there are almost no leaves left. But what we have learned is that on the mainland, you plant something and hope it will grow; here you plant something and spend the rest of its life trying to control its growth.

The whale-watching boats must be beside themselves, since there is a lot of action with breaching whales, making enormous splashes as the wind catches the spray, but the ocean is too rough -- so they are relegated to the calm coves which seem to have no whales at all.

Today during a brief respite from the wind, I discovered green geckos having a field day on the giant bird of paradise, occasionally drinking from its flowers. Tuesday I will continue my Photoshop Elements class to find out how to make my photos better; in the meanwhile, I'll try to figure out how to take better pictures so I don't have to!

And of course, we had a lovely sunset....