We got home yesterday after a torturous day of travel (red eye and 2 lay-overs) to a jungle of our own at our house in Greeley. All of the plants had filled in the front area and the grass was overgrown especially in the backyard where it gets lots of fertilizer in the form of chicken poop. Of course, this “jungle” is nothing compared to the one we just left, but it was kind of nice coming home to Colorado in full summer bloom…made it feel a little bit more inviting than had we come back to negative 20 degree weather.
Colorado Flowers
Colorado Flowers filled to the brim
In comparison, I have to remember we left plant life and vegetation that looked more like this:
Puerto Rico Sea Grapes
Puerto Rico Flamboyan Tree in Bloom
Tall Grass in Backyard in Greeley
Tall Grass in Puerto Rico
Ok, so there’s really no comparison there.
Britton with Machete and a King Palm if I’m not mistaken
We’ve never needed a machete to walk through our backyard in Greeley, but we definitely did in Puerto Rico! 🙂
We also don’t have a beach with a defunct nuclear power plant (Domes Beach) in Greeley -ha
We are feeling bittersweet about being back in Colorado knowing that there is a whole other world in Puerto Rico just waiting for us to get back to it…but we have so many ideas on how to make it an awesome property that we have to work and save a little more money to get down there for good. It’s kind of nice being back to all the comforts of home and this new perspective will help us make our home there even more comfortable. In the mean time, we’ll enjoy the Colorado summer and the miniature jungles that come with it.
The palm with Britton and his machete isn’t a king palm. They have much thicker trunks…But, I would need to see the top to tell you exactly what (i think) it is. Looks a bit like a Christmas palm?
Hmm, I wonder what it is. It reminds me of cartoon palms or what you would see on a movie set with those distinct rings. You’ll have to come over and walk through our little palm jungle at the lower part of the property! There are lots of big palms in there. I’m pretty sure a bunch of them are royal palms-those are a little easier to identify. I am such a newbie at all this tropical stuff. It’s fun.