Creatures, more or less great and small

Equestrian Centre across from the hospital in Coronado

Miss Napa

Thought I'd talk about a few of the creatures we are getting to know in our experience with life in Panama. First of all we have Jorge and Juan Guzman but you should pronounce hor-heh as the "J" is pronounced like an "H" spanish and Hwan Goozman. Jorge is about 2 " long and mostly lives in our kitchen, always on the look out for moths and other small bugs to eat. Juan is about twice as long and patrols in our bedroom as well as the kitchen, ever vigilant for unwelcome incursions of "Los Bichos". I don't have any pictures as both the wee fellas are very fast and scoot around on those suction feet. Unlike the Geico gecko on TV, they are beigy not bright green and they are very shy. I have yet to hear a peep out of them and they only come out in the evening. It's just good to know they are on the job.

If you read our previous blogs, you know about the funny monkey, Napa, who was driving the dogs crazy by hanging on the kitchen window, taunting and teasing them to distraction. Well, haha, our neighbour came with a request for us to baby sit Miss Napa for a few days, so the worm has turned so to speak. Rather ironic, si? She took banana from my hand today as well as a little bit of cookie and likes to sleep on our bedroom window while we are having a post lunch siesta. When she came through the door grill this afternoon, Gracie caught sight of her and chased her out with loud barking. It doesn't deter further attempts though and the only way to stop her is to close the inside door. When the sun goes down, we are supposed to tuck her in by pulling down the blanket on her cage, but her master is away and Napa is staying out very late. We heard some shreiking in the trees last night, is she whooping it up I wondered or getting killed? I'd hate her to get snuffed by some other creature , especially when we said we'd take care of her. Neighbour not home yet, monkey business continues.

The dear canine creatures we love are very comfortable here but sometimes howl when we go out. One day I could hear them all the way down the street, as we walked to the bus stop. That's a good wee hike, about a kilometer, so I'm going to be fit as long as we continue to need groceries!

We took the girls to the beach today, but they aren't very impressed with it and Maggie ran away toward the grass as soon as I let go of the leash to take my sandals off. All that nasty water and sand is just not Maggie's idea of a good time. In fact there are some little shore birds that run like hell to keep out of the surf every time a wave comes in. I call them "Maggie Birds". Gracie will get her legs and belly wet and may yet learn to enjoy it, we'll see.