Things I am reminded of today

1. Be only slightly alarmed when the security guard is running down the main drive, walkee-talkee in one hand, gun out in the other

2. Number one is likely a false alarm even if there were gunshots in the direction of Belen the night before

3. Lemon trees have thorns

4. Lemon tree thorns are big and can draw blood

5. When blood is drawn, it hurts

6. Just because you do not see a banana tree on the property, does not mean it does not exist

7. Because of point six, don't assume the security guard is stealing bananas from someone else's property when he walks by with a branch full of 50 bunches of bananas and starts to harvest them with a machete. (The banana trees are on the very back corner)

8. The sun is hot and can burn you - quickly - and thoroughly when you are outside, bald head and all, for three hours

9. You can shake orange trees to get down oranges

10. ALWAYS heed the advice of the security guard (the one you did not trust in point 7) when he comes running towards you, yelling, when you shake the orange tree. He isn't saying 'do not take those!'...he is saying...'Do you see the beehive the size of a football in the tree above you?'