Our first evening on Block Island we wen to the beach to relax. This guy climbed up my wife's chair, walked across her leg: It then jumped over to her brother, and climbed up to his hat.

Black cat day? Ok.. At our house extra cat 1 and extra cat 2 At a sister-in-law's house At a vacation house we rented in a favela in Rio and a famous one

Annie.....that's the "wheel of dharma" mudra hand position, on the big one. Growing up my mom collected buddhas and Oriental art. We once found a whole skid of cement cast 2' high ones @ K-mart for $18ea. My mom purchased "1" for my brother(she already had a black one), he called me freaking out. My brother said I could have resold them for $300-$500 each......lol That's an interesting display. Thanks for posting!

Jim, your plant is not a protea. It is Metrosideros, likely M. 'Springfire'. Interesting reading about that plant. I took the photo in the western Mediterranean.