WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE LONG TIME PASSING LIZARDS ATE THEM EVERY ONE LONG TIME AGO

It is not unusual to see the odd iguana feasting on the flowers that are so carefully attended to by the gardener at Whisper Cove Marina.


But we had three two males and a smaller female all busy munching on the flowers.

My red ensign which was looking a little motheaten around the edges was blown to shreds in the squalls that came through last night. 60 knots was reported by a couple of the boats on the morning VHF radio net.

The Christmas winds have arrived a week early.

It blew 30 at times last night. My red ensign looks distinctly ragged this morning.

I usually sleep well and only wake up for something unusual but something metallic rattling loudly on a neighboring boat made it hard to sleep. What is surprising is that the noisy boat is lived on. I was expecting to see bungee cords or lashings applied liberally to the offending item.

THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD

It is 45 ft long and weighs about 20 tons.

But it is getting moved from it's summer berth in the mangroves to it's new mosquito free mooring by 'the little engine that could' all 4 hp of it.

Why is one bush displaying a wealth of colorful flowers and the other is a little bare.

The answer is simple, one is home to an iguana and the other is not.