After almost daily rain since I returned at the beginning of February kept the ground wet, we were finally able to put down a cloth in the Botanical Gardens last weekend. While we lay there reading together, a battered, but beautiful butterfly landed on my leg, then on Sandra’s finger. We were marvelling at that small contact with nature when Sandra spotted a crocodile in a tree. Well, it was an iguana, but as big as a baby crocodile. Rather than lying along a branch as I expected a lizard to do, it was planking across a fork. At one point it came down to ground level, possibly in search of food, but a crowd quickly gathered and I saw it look around, think ‘bugger this’ and scamper back up the tree.

Today, Sandra decided to cook a lunch inspired by a recent meal at a Korean BBQ place, and rather than eat at our kitchen bench, I suggested we eat on the balcony. This quickly became a picnic shared with her lifelong teddy dog friend, Nicolas. We’re both looking forward to the day when we have a yard to properly enjoy, but for now, a balcony picnic is pretty cool.