Sandra's bananas!
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Papaya trees on the mission consulate grounds
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Bird nesting in our bouganvilleas
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Sandra loved her garden!
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Sandra taking a break from her intense schedule to enjoy the garden.
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As you can see her flowers were spectacular.
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Hibiscus bloomed continually.
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Violets were easy to grow.
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As were the African Daisies
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Our sunflowers were over 10 feet tall.
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The flowers were almost two feet wide.
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Her Zenia garden was extra special.
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And her Cockscomb were the most spectacular we have ever seen. looking.
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Lantanas grew wild.
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As did the golden African Daisies
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Red Lily from her potted plants.
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The insects were also spectacular as you can see from this exotic praying Mantis
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Perfect camoflauge prayingmantis1_mek
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Even the wild flowers were spectacular.
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Our gardner Jared called the wild flowers "weedies" because they grew uncultivated.
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We grew our own tamatoes.
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Our garden where the workers grew vegtables to help feed their families.
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My mother loved her dogs
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Mark playing flute
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Mark's Python, the Africans were very freightened of snakes of all species.
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Mark's 10 foot python which he captured on the Consulate grounds one night.
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Mark's son george caught and trained a falcon while he was with us.
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Ninja, George's falcon
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Leila's Chamelion caught for her by her dad.
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Close-up
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