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The Trouble With Iguanas.

I used to think that iguanas were cute and all things nice.  Not any more!!  They have eaten every single vegetable in my garden..  I am soooo mad.  The pumpkin patch that we planted on a bed produced so much this year and we didn’t get a single vegetable.  I tried putting gloves over the young fruit to disguise them but lo and behold, they crawled into the gloves and munched away.

Pumpkin Patch.

All the young fruits are disappearing on my aubergines.

Aubergine Plant.

Yesterday I spotted a baby iguana sitting at my Indian cucumber vine, all bloated and sleepy from feasting on my vegetables.  Hey, that’s not fair!!

Yesterday, I declared war on the iguanas,

“Munchkin is going to war against the iguanas.”

No more nice Munchkin; I am very, very upset.  My first course of action is repellent sprays.  I read on the Internet that you can spray on your prized vegetables a concoction of habanero peppers and garlic.  Gnome also mentioned that I should try spraying sulphur….he said that generally speaking, most creatures don’t like sulphur sprayed thickly on their vegetables!

This is war!!  Dear Mr/Mrs Iguana, please would you kindly re-locate.  You are not welcome here!!  This is a very polite warning…

Iguana

More Rain Please!!

Munchkin.Back.ViewWe have been waiting for the “Iguana Rains” for two days now.  At 5pm today we had a slight drizzle but not enough to fill two large water tanks.  C’mon then…let’s have a downpour, if not for us, but for the sake of the iguana population; they need wet ground to lay their eggs:

Water!! Yes please!!
Water!! Yes please!!

The Zazen duckies are also calling for rains through space and time; they need clean water for daily ablutions in the Zen Garden…it is imperative that the dabbling duckies are cleansed for meditation…

Water For The Zen Pond.
Water For The Zen Pond.

And the Paradise Piggies (aka Jedi Piggies, aka Ewok piggies…not officially, mind you) have jumped on the band wagon and are weee-weee-ing for water too.

It’s all in the name of a good cause!

Water Please!!
Water Please!!

Anyone know a Rain Dance that is guaranteed to work…100% scientifically proven, double-blind trial?!

Lining Up The Bananas For The Iguana Rains!

Munchkin.with.UmbrellaWe’ve been working all weekend to get our new gutters up to catch the rains tomorrow.

Working On Guttering.
Working On Guttering.

AccuWeather have forecasted rains for Monday and Tuesday.  Metaphorically speaking, we were lining up “bananas” because, if you are familiar with Belizean construction, nothing is straight.  Gnome used a laser level (yes, ha-ha…what a joke!) to line up the gutters but discovered that he had to strip it back down because the roof was not straight.  After much sweating and roof gymnastics, he lined the gutters  against the line of the roof which ended up having a slight downward angle to the right anyway.  This is actually quite amusing because the downward spout used to point towards the left!  That’s why the gutter leaked in so many places!

So, Gnome had to climb on the roof and perform all manner of gymnastics to get the gutters up…

Gnome On The Roof.
Gnome On The Roof.

At one point he said,

“It’s scary up here!!”

It's Scary Up On The Roof!
It’s Scary Up On The Roof!

And I replied,

“Yeah, it’s scary looking up at you!”

All the hard work has been done…now we just have to wait to see if it actually rains!  This rain which usually occurs once during the dry season is known locally as the “Iguana Rains” because it is supposed to soften the ground for iguanas to lay their eggs.

Go on then…time to lay eggs!

Iguana.
Iguana.

Washing Machine On A Car, Iguanas and Mystery Beer.

Full.Length.MunchkinThis title sums up up the last three days since we have missed a couple of daily posts.  Firstly, we have been on the road again and as usual played our “Fridge on a Pick-em Up” game in which there is a points system allocated to various white goods, and assorted loads spotted on the back of pick-up trucks.  The fridge gives the highest score of 1000 points hence the given name.  Well, look what we managed to find on our travels!!  Gnome says, “This Changes Everything.”

Washing Machine on a Car!
Washing Machine on a Car!

This is white goods on a car…not a pick-em up!  With the eye of faith, the driver who is on the left-hand side has his arm up to help secure the load…we know that because we overtook him (but, I was in too much of a tizz to get another drive-by shot) and he had no free hands to give the customary cordial wave.

Gnome commented rather blandly,” We are going to have to change the points system.”

Hmmm…yes, indeed we do!

Onto the next thing: It has been pouring down the last 5 days in Toledo.  This sudden, unexpected wet spurt during the dry season is called “The Iguana Rains” because the rain is supposed to soften the earth for the iguanas to lay their eggs.  This happens every year without fail…but we have noticed that every year, people forget about this anomaly and scratch their head wondering why it is wet during the dry season.  And, as if by magic, we had a lovely iguana appear on our water tank today; I am sure he/she knows what the rains are for!

Hello Mr. Iguana!
Hello Mr. Iguana!

He was nice enough to pose for a second picture since I saved him from our Shaneeka-Doggie:

Second Pose.
Second Pose.

And, last but not least: do you remember when Gnome was making a mysterious fermented drink that required my nice lilac sheets?

Mystery Beer!
Mystery Beer!

The mystery beer was unveiled today with a tasting and bottling:

Siphoning Beer.
Siphoning Beer.

Gnome is happy with the clarity:

Mystery Beer.
Mystery Beer.

The Beer is Rice-Banana-Coffee all rolled into one!  Who would have thunk it!!  Still tastes very young with a roasted aroma from the coffee.