Palmas, Palmeras

That seems remind me of a Bilingual kids' book title (but I may be thinking Palmadas, palmaditas?
     (That was about kids' palms, and clapping, I think. Love how one thought brings up another...)

Anyway, we were lucky to hear about some palm trees being sold by the 'Little Yellow Schoolhouse' in La Gloria, a school which provides therapy sessions and special education for children here.  They survive mostly on donations.  Sall & we contributed some supplies to them a year ago, and I want to bring down more Spanish materials and games they could use (maybe that book I have, Palmadas...)  But today we were thrilled to be able to get palm trees at a reasonable price, and still support this school.  The palms are already a pretty good size, but we hope they transplant well.  Lucky for us we saw our neighbor planting palms this morning, investigated, had a nice chat, and got that great tip.

Later, looking at the sunset on the bay side (with the last load of palms still on our golf cart) we met a well-known local, Tarzan (who runs a Help stand on North Beach). We were kind of awed to meet him, and even more impressed when he offered us more trees from a lot he has not far from here, where he's growing a large variety of trees and plants. We look forward to doing business with him!  Can't wait to get a lemon tree and any other fruit producing trees (like bananas...)   mmmmm  

Loading the golf cart outside the back gate of the school.  It took 4 trips to get them all home.
They're nicely lined up against a side of the house now, & ready for transplanting.

A close-up of the palms, which are 'Cocos' and you can see that they sprouted right out of a coconut--plentiful here on the island.

The group of palms to the right, for sale, 50 Pesos each (little less than $5).  Looking back toward one of the classrooms. More buildings/offices are to the left, with some outdoor playground structures and yard.

The sunset, looking toward Cancun, from the bay side of the island.