House Guests

As I have had the pleasure of traveling a lot lately, I am always surprised at what I find when I come home. The Monday after returning from Nicaragua, I returned to a small ecosystem growing in dishes I had ¨innocently¨ left in the sink before I left... lesson learned! Normally, I return to find ants, spiders, and the (very) occassional roach vying to take over the temporarily vacated premises, but recently I came home to find a house guest of a different sort. I met ¨Freddy¨ a little over a week ago when he greeted me from my shower floor. After a short dance, Freddy obligingly allowed me to shower in peace, while patiently waiting outside the bathroom to reoccupy his cool ¨poolside¨ oasis when I was finished. We played this game for days, until Freddy decided to claim his territory... While he made quite the statment all puffed up after this photo, I gently removed Freddy from his post and set him outside. I have yet to see Freddy again, and I hope he has found a new, mas ¨tranquilo¨, oasis. :)