Below is Yoli & her 'new' baby ... I think the little guy must be getting close to 6 months old, since Yoli and Victor are bringing him out ... he still doesn't have a name. Now, I'm no expert on Ngobe-Bugle culture, but from what I can piece together, due to the high infant mortality rate, until any baby reaches about 6 months of age, it's just referred to as 'a baby' ... found this very confusing when Yoli and Victor had Myrna and I kept being told 'it's too early for a name' ... now, I accept that it'll be a while before I learn what this little fella's name is.
It's now the 'heart of rainy season' and the tarantulas are engaged in romance - Paul discovered this little guy in his garage, and quickly chased him into an empty coffee mug using a coverplate for an electric wall switch as a 'shield'...
Paul let the little guy go out on our rock wall - assured him that there would be lots more lady spiders (they're easy to identify since they're about twice as big) in the wall than he'd find in a garage ... the little fella tried to fight Paul on that one (that's the switchplate in Paul's hand) ...
& we all know how Jeanne loves flowers and is particularly interested in the sculptural aspects of banana blooms - well, this is another type of banana flower - according to locals, the fruits of this smaller variety of banana are small and red skinned ... they may have a medical aspect, too:
