Here are the best images from today’s walkabout…

 

There was a raven-sized (or larger) black bird

with a light-colored beak feasting on the fruit of the above tree.

It was raising such a ruckus that I couldn’t help but notice.

But by the time I pulled my phone out, it had flown away. 

Close up of the flowers that grow on the bush below

Is it a variety of Queen of the Night (Reina de la Noche), I wonder?

Flowering bush… no idea what species…

The fronds on this downed tree are more than twice my height of 5’6″ 

Horse Eggs tree (huevos de Caballo)

 Bamboo

Hibiscus

An ENORMOUS spider plant in someone’s back yard,

taller than I am by probably three feet!

 

A big beautiful cactus on the property of the

Serenity BnB casita on Calle Esteban Salas,

not far from my casita

Thanks Lynda Colclasure Lein for identifying the above flora for me.

(I’m a mammal expert, not a botanist!)

 

In Other News

 

This is the 27th anniversary of the passing of my dear mother, Dorothea Hope Smith. Those who knew and loved her (and all who knew her did adore her) will probably find this date a solemn moment to remember the treasure that she was to all of us…

 

 

 

Mom as a child

Mom and Dad (in Ecuador?) 

Mom and Me on the porch of THE WALTONS set

 

 

I love you, my mommy…