Rincon Scenes

Photographs from our new home in Rincon, Puerto Rico

Our house from the front	View of our backyard looking south from our office window Gazebo in the foreground	Locals Fishing at Sunset
Sunset	Irene's Orchid
Grapefruits on our tree	Our parrot Taco enjoying the beach	Seeds growing on a palm tree
Our carambola (star fruit) tree	Our tomato garden. It's fun eating homegrown tomatoes in Jan and Feb	Tomatoes on the vine in February
My habanero plant Hot chiles are hard to find here	Habanero chiles	First ripe habanero
Bloom on Desert Rose plant	Baby grapefruit	We started construction before Christmas on a cement wall to replace the chain link fence in our backyard with a cement wall for more privacy
We just finished this week (1st week in March)
		This 4' long iguana was on our street
Poblano Chiles	Pacilla Chiles

This week (March 24) while my son and grandchildren from Colorado are here visiting, we went up into the mountains near Maricao to visit Montoso Gardens. It is a 90 acre botanical garden, tropical flower and fruit farm, and nursery with over 600 species of exotic tropical flowers, fruits, nuts, spices, and palms owned and operated by Bryan Brunner and his brother David. Bryan came to Puerto Rico 20 years ago to study tropical horticulture and stayed. At 1500 feet elevation, the garden borders the Maricao State Forest. It is a beautiful place. Here are some pictures. Needless to say, Irene spent a few bucks on tropical plants.

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More to come!