Hallelujah Heleconias!

It is MAY now, and our weather has definitely taken a turn toward summer.   We are now leaving all the doors and windows open at night, and it's easy to get up by 8am now that the sun comes shining in across the covers so beautifully.

90% of our property is totally private; there is only one small section of our property that is "open" but the rest is bordered by forest.   So, we have begun to collect more amazing plants for this new section -- it will be about 300 sq ft in an all sun spot.  We have met a plant person at the local market who came over to look at the spot and we are continuing our collection of haleconias, more Hawaii rhododendron (Vireya) and palms

Some of you may recall that our yard, garden and fences in Eureka were covered with unique "yard art."  Recently as we were trimming some lanky trees we found our first bird nest and decided it would be a perfect compliment to the antique rug beater that is part of our Hawaii yard art.  What fun!