More settled back after an 8-month TDY, I see that this old guy deserves another shot. Ficus microcarpa "Green Island". Isla Verde! By the crossing on the way home!

"Claiming the Mission"

A clearing inside 18th century Kuta Church, Anilao, Bongabong

 Gotta enjoy the last days of summer.

Binghamton dorm room shohin ficus. No, Mr. B, she did all these herself. No ugly elvie under the banyan too!

Another eBay deal. 8" brass replica of a Mindoro hawk-owl or boobok (Ninox mindorensis), $5.

eBay find. Anoa mindorensis cow and calf wood carving, polished workmanship, $12.