Dispatches From the Yard

I told you that I spent a lot of time in the yard and here are just some of the pictures!
If you so desire you can click on them and see them bigger.  Oh joy.

How freakish, scary looking is this?  It is just 

some type of succulent and totally makes sense to be growing in the yard but it kinda creeped me out - so of course I had to walk up close to it.  Once I got to it a gecko ran out of it and naturally I jumped a mile plus screamed a little bit.  I did a little wee too :(  I see geckos regularly and am normally fine but this one was a little more feisty than most having an unannounced gentleman caller at his door.

There is a hole in the trees!  Never, never noticed this before.  My friend Juan Loco actually lives in the neighborhood that you can see through the hole. Made for a cool view.  Jeez the deck is big but not that big.  I need to get around it more often

A poinsettia!  I have a poinsettia growing in my yard!  How many people do you know that actually have a poinsettia growing in their yard?  It is Christmas all year - yay.  Of course it made me curious so I googled poinsettias and it turns out they are native to Mexico (but of course), they are not poisonous, and they can grow to be 10 feet tall.  If this thing gets to be 10 feet tall I am gonna crap my pants for real.  I nearly crapped as it was.  So now of course I check it daily to see if it has grown.  OMG I am a 13 year old boy again.  LOL