Other than all the surgery and recovery, what is going on around here? Summer 🙄 I was told verano de San Juan comes about this time of year. We had a few days of blue skies, very hot sun, and wind. Thankfully it seems to have passed. We’ve had rain the last couple days, and the temperature is much more comfortable.

And, norovirus. Yuck! It was going around town last week. Warnings and info were circulating on how to avoid it or take care of yourself if you get it. Some schools suspended classes. Tuesday night was suspended at Hops because some essential people were sick. Music happened on Thursday, but there weren’t many people at Hops, or in the restaurants or the church we passed along the way. I think the worst has passed though. There hasn’t been more news, and we will see how things look this week.

Thankfully we are good at being very contented at home, and we are happy to enjoy some cool wildlife that lives with us here. A gecko has been hanging out with me for 1 1/2 years now. She appears many nights on the shelf next to me to wait for the bugs that are attracted by the lamp. And, another interesting lizard had joined her in the last few months. I have quite a few pictures, but this is one of the few both of them together.

This is the info I found on the speckled lizard. We have lots of various lizards here, but she is the only one of this type we have seen.

We have a Basalilk lizard who spends quite a bit of time here. Joel gives her fruit, scrambled eggs, and other little treats and she has a dish of water available. We first saw her maybe last December when she wasn’t much bigger than the geckos. But, look at her now! We think from the info we have found that she is a female. We love all our lizards but she is the coolest of them all.

We also have frogs and toads. Thankfully I haven’t seen any cane toads recently (they are ugly and can be deadly to dogs if they grab one in their mouth) I have a cute little toad that visits me at night sometimes. My favorites though are the poison dart frogs. We have seen two of them on the terrace quite a few times, and I think they live in the rock pile out here. They are so tiny but really pretty. This one got in the house which is why it’s in a glass.

We still have tons of interesting insects, butterflies, moths, and spiders, of endless sizes and colors. One of my recent favorites is this little black jumping spider who visits me on my table a lot. I looked up some info, and these spiders are amazingly intelligent. Some people make friends with them and keep them as pets. I’m content to just let this one hang out with me when it wants to.

This is enough wildlife for the moment. Now that my vision is better and the sun is getting lower in the sky. I’m going to pull some weeds. I love the rain but it sure makes things grow.

You all take care out there, and I’ll be back again one of these days.