So This Was Summer

Buddha patiently waits the next hot spell. We only had a couple so he may have to try again next summer.
It was okay growing weather for all of us dilettantes. Rain when needed and moderately warm. God knows the zucchini flourished.



This little guy drops by several times a day to guard against hunger pangs. He doesn't seem to care how many squirrels are in his way; he eases in, goes about his business and scuttles off.

Paradise

The garden has peaked now.

For a while the place was firmly held captive by an army of new weeds that apparently sneaked in with a new plant. Feathery leaves, pretty blooms and a will to rule the world. Those things had roots originating way down and across to the other end of the earth.

Enter my daughter the Earth Goddess. Her will was no match for them.



I'm bemused by the oriental rhubarb. I love plants with big leaves and this one delivers the goods.Leave it long enough and that will be the entire garden.

In time I can rent the place out for Jungle Games.

What to Eat?

A tourist in Cuba won't see what the average citizen eats but we spent one day touring Havana and this is what we were served.

The fish is red snapper, the veggies were crunchy and the rice is always just fine. I like food to be well seasoned and they have the knack.

Friday night at the resort was declared Lobster night and the staff went all-out to prepare and display the food. The lobsters are smaller than those in Canada and their shells are pale and freckled. Delicious.


I planned to photograph the chef around an array of lobster but he misunderstood my fractured spanish so here we have number five son with the chef and one lobster.

This is what I think of as the"all-purpose" area, catering to Canadian, Spanish, French and Italian palettes and this presentation is a bit of everything, just as long as it is grown or caught on the island.
there is a strong Spanish influence in the people here as the chef indicates.

This artisan created the viola while we dined.
I wonder when people were allowed to dismantle it? Now that would be a real chocolate high.