Meet Jamie

Following Following a hectic summer, with visitors filling casa alejandro to capacity and a visit to England, all is now quiet in Pradosol. We are very busy with repairs and maintenance, cleaning and gardening as well as enjoying more unpredictable weather varying from thunder, lightening, rain and clouds, to high winds then wall to wall blue skies and hot sun, all within one afternoon.

I have attached a photo of my adopted pet Jamie who keeps making an appearance to survey my gardening efforts or watch me peg out the washing as if I am some sort of strange alien exhibiting very peculiar behaviour. He moves very slowly, which is one of the reasons I like him, unlike the darting lizards which launch themselves out from behind my plantpots when I am watering my plants. He holds onto the fence with his little toes and uncurls them one by one in preparation to move, then slowly and determinedly he moves a leg, then another, his bulging lidded eye watching and rotating all the time. Sometimes he is at ground level where he blends in with the stones or the rockery at first resembling a moving rock. He has been seen perched on the garden wall, driving the neighbours dogs potty, just basking and blinking out of their reach, much to our amusement. Yes, I reckon he is quite a character and I imagine he we be off to hibernate before very long. My efforts to formally identify him and establish his preferences have proved inconclusive so I just hope he will stay close, enjoying my little garden whilst he can and will return again next summer.