{"id":1034,"date":"2016-04-18T15:41:26","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T14:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/?p=1034"},"modified":"2016-04-18T15:41:26","modified_gmt":"2016-04-18T14:41:26","slug":"peeping-tom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/2016\/04\/peeping-tom\/","title":{"rendered":"Peeping Tom"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stepping into the shower the night before last, I realised I had a Peeping Tom at the bathroom window!!<\/p>\n

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Peeping Tom!<\/p><\/div>\n

Yes! There, looking at me through the mosquito netting was a frog! I was okay with him because I knew he couldn’t get to me. I’d have run screaming if there’d been any chance of him getting into the shower with me. I don’t mind the little tree frogs at all; in fact, I find them rather cute to look at, but anything bigger than them – yeuk! A frog got into the house a couple of years back – one of the Cuban ones. These aren’t very big but their legs are 2\/3 the length of their bodies which means they can leap about 6ft into the air and they launch themselves at you kamikaze-style.<\/p>\n

I also have permanent company on the veranda…<\/p>\n

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One of the family of lizards<\/p><\/div>\n

A family of geckos hangs out there. You can see one of them in the picture. But this morning, there was a really big one – twice the size of this one – and he did send me scurrying inside. #misswuss<\/p>\n

But there are some beautiful birds that are always around including a gorgeous humming bird, which I am trying hard to get a picture of. She comes for tea some afternoons. And last week I saw a mongoose in the garden for the first time ever, even though they are all around. I’m sort of okayish with the wild-life. Just don’t like the big boys.<\/p>\n

And speaking of big boys – I really enjoyed watching the Monte Carlo Open Tennis over the last few days. It was on early morning here due to the six hour time difference. A couple of excellent matches; Tsonga taking out Federer (YES!!); Murray v Nadal and yesterday, Nadal beating Monfils in the final. Obviously, I’ve had to leave the proof-reading while the tennis is on – no point in doing it with only one eye, while the other one is watching the screen.<\/p>\n

I’m much more disciplined today. No tennis. Nose to the grindstone. The Banjo Book One will be with you very soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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