Just a quick post today to share a few photos. Nothing much to report because we haven't been very far from home, just concentrating on the house and garden, keeping happy and healthy, identifying plants and insects, and enjoying being able to walk to town and back again.
 |
| Apparently it's butterfly season here. Some of the caterpillars are welcomed for their beauty. |
 |
| Grasshoppers of all sizes are abundant. I got whacked on the side of the head by a huge 4-inch version flying past the other day. Maybe they don't see very well? |
 |
| We visited the local plant nursery and lightened our wallets. |
.jpg) |
| Installed an instant pop-up pond - with mosquito-eating fish. |
 |
| We passed this guy preparing sugar palm fruit. I hadn't seen them before. |
 |
| Mainoo relaxes on our terrace. |
 |
| The weather has been variable. Some heavy rain showers - often at night - followed by clean air, hot sun and 35 degrees in the afternoons. |
 |
| Trevann and a young American surfer-dood called Jared played a blues set in RnB Bar, one of our regulars. |
 |
| Another of our regular haunts, B82 Bar, reopened after a refurb. |
 |
| Sometimes the rain arrives suddenly and unannounced! These monks had forgotten to bring umbrellas. |
 |
| It's great to be able to get out and about again. Trevann is mobile! |
 |
| Lots of lovely fruit about at the moment. Rambutan last week; pineapples this week. |
 |
| This cute hawkmoth caterpillar was less welcome. They strip a bush of its leaves in a matter of hours. |
.jpg) |
| Sad cicada infected with fungus. Apparently the fungus eats the insect's abdomen, causing it to fly around looking for a mate, spreading fungal spores. Even more bizarrely, the fungus exudes substances related to amphetamine! |
 |
| Oh no! We ended up at the plant nursery again! No wonder the shopkeeper looks happy. |
 |
| But it was worth it for one of my favourite frangipani plants. |
 |
| And this fabulous birds' nest fern. |
.jpg)
.jpg)
No comments:
Post a Comment