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Note: Though they look photographed in black and white, all of these photographs are in full color.

Our Garden -- Post Dome Collapse May 20, 2006

This is the wall in front of our home, Runaway Point, in Olveston, Montserrat. It was painted bright white just last year. The bamboo has been home to bananaquits and hummingbirds and the spider lilies have added a lush touch of green to the wall. All of that changed in just a few hours.

Oh, Dear!

And Just Last Week The Amaryllis Were in Bloom

Does This Look Like Celery and How About the Geranium?

As if the Hibiscus Hasn't Had Enough Trouble?

I Guess We Won't Have Many Mangos This Year

This Was One of Our Largest and Most Beautiful Frangipanis in Full Bloom on Friday

Caked in Wet Acidic Ash, Almost Everything Appears Dead

Tea in The Garden Anyone?

And Now for a Stroll in the Shady Terrace Garden

The Trees Overhead Protected Some of the Plants

But, Not All of Them! Not the Papaya

And Not the Ginger Lily

It is amazing to see the recuperative power of living things. Plants and trees here in Montserrat have been through more than ten years of volcanic activity and still they survive. Within a few months of this event, our garden will have recovered, though each time this has happened the more fragile plants do not reappear. Still, it is remarkable.

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