What a lovely weekend this has been. It was so pretty in the back yard yesterday that I took these photos.
Yes, it is a jungle out there.
It was bright even under the shade of the native ferns, but just right for our anthuriums to thrive.
This is a lilikoi, or passion fruit. We find lilikoi on the ground like this but have yet to figure out where the vine is.
Later on we had a swim at Richardson Beach. The water was a little colder than usual. We could only stand it for 1/2 hour! There were a lot of cross currents, although the surf was not very high. This is our favorite form of exercise, with walking and hiking being our second favorite.
While we were gone the tree surgeon operated on our breadfruit, which is in the front yard. I know it looks as if he murdered it, but it will be back. It is already sprouting new leaves. Huge as it was, it was blocking a lot of the view, and the fruit was getting too high to harvest. Look at the enormous root on that thing!
He also did a splendid job on "Grandma's Tree," a giant royal poinciana in front of our rental next door. Caring for trees is an art here.
And it's nice to have our view back.
This week I have to get started on the newsletter for our local League of Women Voters, and we expect house guests on Thursday.
Lots going on in the media world, but I have been reading mostly. I got a free Amazon download of several new plays by a Viennese playwright, Johannes Wierz, Wiener Stücke. He is obviously heavily influenced by Beckett. These are mostly extended monologues with one to three actors (very economical to put on, I guess). Dialogs always end in profanity and violence, as the characters seem completely unable to get along with each other. It's funny to see how very seriously these ridiculous people take themselves.
It's nice to get out of the English Sprachraum every once in a while, I find.
What a beautiful place and yard. Thanks for sharing it with those of us still in the fog, cold and wintery days :)
Posted by: Rain Trueax | February 04, 2013 at 03:49 PM
What a beautiful view and yard. I am so jealous. The freeze a few weeks ago took my lemon and my lime tree and did serious damage to the tangelo tree. Everything looks so brown and sad here right now. Did you say you had a rental? Hmmm
Posted by: Toni | February 04, 2013 at 04:29 PM
Rain: I know how it is where you are. Ever since we've been back I've been in a trance, because it really is so beautiful and I sometimes take it for granted.
Toni: I am sorry about your citrus. Think it will come back? I've seen that happen after hard frosts in California.
We have a long term rental right now, and we are kind of far away from Mary's in any case. It's about a 45 minute drive. We do have short term vacation rentals in the neighborhood, but I suspect you would want to be closer to Mary.
Posted by: Hattie | February 04, 2013 at 04:57 PM