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.