Subtropical Garden
Since I live below the tropic of Cancer, the varieties of plants that not only survive but thrive in my garden are manifold. Here are a few of the things that you would find in my garden if you came to visit, as well as the reasons why I love living here:
(Please click on any photo to enlarge all photos.)
For Cee’s garden prompt.
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
Wow! They’re all gorgeous! I wish my plants could grow like that instead of dying off in the winter. Enjoy!
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I know. It is especially fun when you’ve grown up and lived in a place like that for 30 years.
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I see why you like living there! How do you manage to look after such a lush yard and still find time to blog? Or is it only the flowers that grow so well and the weeds don’t dare? 🙂
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I have a gardener who comes for 13 hours a week! For what it would probably cost for 1 hour of grass-cutting in the states. And I pay him three times the usual wage. Another nice thing about living in Mexico. You can still afford to pay for services. Try not to hate me.
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Looking into the proverbial mirror I see my greenish tinge just starting to fade. 🙂
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Wow. That was fast! Almost as good as envy-free! I was about to get in the pool and the first rain of the rainy season decided to visit. It is still raining. Now I get to see if the skylight leaks!!!
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If the skylight leaks, just put a potted plant under it. (Or maybe you don’t have any plants inside, seeing your outdoor “greenhouse”?)
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Ha. Unfortunately that skylight is really high up in the dome of my living room, so when water drops, it splashes all over. No easy out, m’dear. But, last night it rained and it didn’t leak at al. Fingers crossed.
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Gorgeous!
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These are magnificent photos. I really enjoy looking through your eyes into your yard. 😀
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Snakes have two sets of eyes. One set is the normal eyes that you see, and they detect color quite well. But they also have vision pits that detect heat and “see” living creatures like an infrared detector. There is no getting away from a snake once you’re spotted. That closed door won’t help. Luckily most snakes are more likely to retreat than attack
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Fascinating. I had never heard that before. This was actually a lizard. He was hurt and I put him on the wall so the dogs wouldn’t bother him. Sadly, he died a few minutes after I took this photo. His eyes and mouth seemed to be the only parts still functioning. That’s why I didn’t show his body.
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How sad 😦 Guess they eyes are true for lizards to…..
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I thought it looked like a snake without the rest of the body showing, as well.
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