An Historic Day

Recently the nation celebrated an historic day in the inauguration of the new president. Today we had another. After waking up we checked to make sure Mack would still fit in our suitcase if we want to smuggle him home...Then Mack surprised us with his first rollover... from his tummy to his back... Honest we all saw it. He was pretty pumped.
Then we headed off to the Foster Botanical Gardens in downtown Honolulu. We saw beautiful trees and flowers.

At the orchid garden Marilyn spotted this little creature. What a beautiful little gecko with his green and red body and bug eyes.

I don't know if you like geckos or not but you have to admit, this one has good taste in clothing.

Several seemed to be all over the orchid plants, walking on their padded little feet.

C'mon now, you have to admit he is cute.

And the orchids don't seem to mind.

As I said the grounds were beautiful.

The orchids were spectacular.

The trees were unusual too... here is a canon ball tree. A sign warned about walking underneath... duh.

And my favorite tree... the rainbow euchyluptus which can grow to 200 feet.

Carrie gives you perspective on the size of some of these trees.

This plant is weird but very beautiful.

This is one of the tallest palm trees I have ever seen. Planted in mid-1800's. Truly an historic day.