Not sure what these plants are. They were a gift - my best guess is For-get-me-nots.

Our hillside is finally growing in - the pampas grass is really growing

I planted a new vine on the satillite dish web - the old one was an annual - this is a perennial

Mocha has become my constant companion in the garden - she follows me around like a dog

The plant was also a gift - it is a Secundo - I have this color and white

Sissy always loves the shade - she also follows me all day long

Mocha tiptoes through the daisies

I've planted a lot of coleus in the shady areas - I just love the varieties

For those of you that follow my website you will remember that Eva, a very close friend gave me my first plant for the garden - at first I had it on the terrace now I've put it in the center of my tropical garden - it has really grown

Climbing vines on the carport - the one on the other pillar died so I've restarted another

Jaguar is begging to come outside

More coleus

I've had to tranplant a few plants from the back of the house because they were outgrowing their bed

The iron fence has totally disappeared - the honeysuckle has taken over

This is the hillside by the gazebo - the passion flowers have completely covered it

This is the herb garden - new vines planted on web - in about three weeks it will be covered

Michael took this shot late at night - the clouds were low in the valley with a full moon above - Alto Boquete are the lights you see beneath the clouds.

I took this shot of the garden yesterday morning - all is green - our new arbor garden can be seen next to the bridge.

The Passiflora, (Passion Flower), has now covered the entire hillside - the honeysuckle has covered all of the house fencing.

Our gardener, Ricardo, found a friend on our undeveloped property. We were in David at the time so he decided to house the snake overnight in the bodega bathroom - when our maid, Mirna, went to clean the bathroom the next morning she got a little surprise. Ricardo had however, tied the snake so it wouldn't get away. The next picture shows how he secured it. After show-and-tell we released the snake back where we found him. He was a harmless green vine snake, but he didn't seem to know that because he sure was opening his mouth. This is only the third snake we've seen on the property since arriving. All non-poisonous snakes.



We have finished the new retaining wall - the team did a beautiful job.