Post #816164 by No No on Sat, Jun 28, 2025 5:26 PM

                                                      The everchanging Gecko

Towards the later part of the project, I lived in a three sided, thatch roofed bungalow on the beach below the project. It was everyone's dream of what paradise should be like. I would lay on the couch, kick back with a cool Hinano (Tahitian beer) and feel the soft breeze whisp through the afternoon air. I had always been impressed by the knife throwing prowess of the workers in friendly competitions but always declined when asked to join in. Truthfully, I was terrible. Then, out of the corner of my eye, I saw a bright green Gecko scampering up the center support post for the roof. I grabbed my knife, threw it and stuck that poor thing to the post. I don't know who was more surprised, the Gecko or me. I never told any one about it because I knew I could never do that again. Geckos are known for ever changing their colors. The landscape there in Tahiti is everchanging too. If you go to Google Earth and try to locate my little paradise bungalow you will only find a high rise condo. Time marches on!