Tis the purple girl. Before the Christmas season ends, I wanted to offer a little version of the 12 days of Christmas this year in the DR. I won't bore you by singing all the verses (you're welcome) but here is the final verse. Feel free to sing along...
On the 12th Day of Christmas my true love gave to me:
12 Roosters crowing
11 Horns a honking
10 Lizards leaping
9 Foreheads dripping
8 Piles of garbage
7 Swerving taxis
6 Biting flies
5 Power outages
4 Feet of mold
3 Cold baths
2 Cans of raid
And a cockroach as dead as can be!
But the amazing thing is...my true love also gave to me:
12 Brown faces
11 Hugs and kisses
10 Green palm trees
9 Flowers blooming
8 Smiling geckos
7 Sunsets gleaming
6 Clouds a streaming
5 Children laughing
4 Avacados
3 Fruit stands
2 Dancing mops
And a mission as fine as be!
Now you may be wondering why the leaping lizards suddenly changed to smiling geckos. I've discovered the little ones are really cute. I'm trying to get a photo of the little guys but they're rather shy. I've nearly stepped on a couple of them outside our apartment. Today we saw 4 of them in the trees on our walk home from church. They make the cutest chattering sound in the trees. I'm changing my mind about them, especially if they mind their own business and stay outside!
A few pictures to finish off 2012.
It's hard to imagine a White Christmas with all of this around us!
The flowers are just lovely. Colors popping out everywhere.
We drove up into the hills to see our fair city from above. We're enjoying our Institute Christmas break.
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