One of my favorite garden friends is Big Jim-- that's the name we've given to the giant toad that lurks around in our backyard gobbling up all sorts of pesky insects like grasshoppers. He's built a nest behind our red Alpinia plants. We haven't taken a picture of him yet but we'll try to soon.
Another interesting little visitor friend we've got is this rather big green lizard with rainbow colors on its tail. (Click on picture to enlarge.) It likes to come up to our sliding glass window and take a peek inside the house to see what's going on. Then, it usually just walks away into the backyard vegetation.
Hm.... what should we call him? Linny the lizard? Larry the lizard? Lewis the lizard? Any suggestions...?!