Marla's house

a couple of weeks ago, we went to visit our friend Marla. she has 55 acres in Newlands with a fresh water pond, horses, geese, chickens and even a hydroponic garden! her spread was amazing. this is her dog, Melvin

this flower is called fire of the forest and grows on trees--it is one cool flower (and BIG)

this is ackee fruit and it grows on a tree-it's a jamaican fruit--you can't eat it when it looks like this because it is POISONOUS!

you have to wait until it pops open and exposes the white part which is the part you eat--the jamaicans make a dish here called ackee and cod--will I try it? don't think so, must people who are not jamaicans are not fond of it

or you can wait till it looks kinda wild like this with a giant eyeball that looks like an olive--the black part is the seed

here's an iguana that jumped into the pond and shot like a rocket--he was afraid to come out--i think he thinks he's invisible!

marla also has a bunch of geese--true story--she incubated all her geese herself (as a "project" to do with her kids)-these geese are easily 10 years old

key limes--we came home with a bag full--made some delicious key lime pie

this is a plum tree--isn't it just adorable? fun thing about this plum tree is that it will not sprout any leaves, just fruit