Hola Amigos!
First of all...no new grandbaby yet. They're prepared and ready to go, but she isn't quite ready to make her appearance! Yesterday, the 20th, was the due date.
In the meantime, I'm working on my packing list and getting things ready to go (Feb 4). I've made a couple of simple flannel blankets (like receiving blankets) for her, and I found another nice size piece of flannel yesterday, so I'm going to make another one! Rebecca requested a box of Abuelita chocolate to make hot chocolate, which is appropriate! (Abuela is grandmother, abuelita is little grandmother!) This grandma will be happy to take Mexican chocolate to them. Hmmmm....that abuelita looks more like MY grandma, not me!
I started a new quilt yesterday for another baby due this spring. This one has lots of little pieces, but it should be fun! It's just going to take a while to get all the pieces cut. I seem to have some fabrics that last forever, like that cute green with the little squigglies. I've had it a long time, and that fabric has ended up in quite a few quilts.
After four or five years since it was washed out by a hurricane, the road through the Buenos Aires arroyo is being paved. Not sure what took so long, but every time it has been paved in the past, a hurricane arrived in the summer strong enough to wash out the pavement. Arroyos, by definition, are a dry washes, or dry riverbeds. It is where the water passes to the ocean when there is lots of rain, and believe me, they get lots of water then. This time, they're putting in fairly thick concrete, so it will be interesting to see how it holds up. They're getting ready to pave the next arroyo, too, and I'm sure the folks who live out that way will appreciate it greatly. Since it is such a nice smooth, straight stretch of road, I'm sure they'll put a couple topes (speed bumps, or sleeping policemen) on it. Mexicans just LOVE open road where they can go fast, since it is so rare!!
This week is the annual Lord of the Winds tournament here in Los Barriles, and according to the wind forecast, not much wind! January is usually the windiest month of the year here, but this year it seems to have been less windy than usual. Makes for more pleasant conditions for the spectators on the beach (not being sandblasted), but not too great for the people trying to get their kites in the air! The beach beyond the road above is where a lot of the action will be happening. It will be nice if the road is ready to use!
Oh! Alexandra!! The gardenia you gave us is blooming and it smells wonderful. I planted the bush so that this flower is farthest away from the sidewalk, and it is hard to see, but you can smell it as you walk by! Mmmmmmm!
I got my green bean crop planted the other day, so I expect a nice crop of beans by March. I looked in my photos from last year in January, and the beans were already up and strung by this time, and well up to the wire. Then, as I continued to look through the photos, I was reminded that a cow got in and enjoyed eating the leaves, but left most of the blooms. They recovered, and I got a good harvest...eventually! Hopefully, the cows and burros will stay out this year, since we put in even more fence last year after that happened! We're just glad that there aren't any goats in our neighborhood, because we don't have a goat fence. Those stinkers could get through our barbed wire fence like it wasn't there.
We watched the Seattle Seahawks pull off a win against San Francisco on Sunday in the comfort of our own home... we set up my laptop with the big screen and found the game. It was very comfy! We've been invited to Ellis' house for the Superbowl; he has a real TV! Big screen and all!
While sitting on my sofa recliner watching the game, I looked to the left and saw the neighbor's cat on one of his favorite spots... on top of Peter's roof.
This was my view of him from my chair in the family room. The one above is with the zoom lens. It drives my dogs crazy when they're sitting on their favorite lounge chair on the veranda, and can see it, but can't get to that cat ..... argh!!! (They suffer so!)
That's about it for this week. Ben did get his car trailer finished up yesterday, and now he's ready to start another project. I wonder if I should make some suggestions??? I do have a few things on his "to-do" list, but they're probably way down there in priority.
A few more photos have been added to our January 2014 album. By the way, we have visitors scheduled for Feb 19 - 26, but nothing "inked in" after that. If you're getting tired of snow and fog and rain and cold, it's time to consider a Baja vacation.
Tus amigos de Baja,
Harriet, Ben, Ryan, Sam and Zoey
First of all...no new grandbaby yet. They're prepared and ready to go, but she isn't quite ready to make her appearance! Yesterday, the 20th, was the due date.
In the meantime, I'm working on my packing list and getting things ready to go (Feb 4). I've made a couple of simple flannel blankets (like receiving blankets) for her, and I found another nice size piece of flannel yesterday, so I'm going to make another one! Rebecca requested a box of Abuelita chocolate to make hot chocolate, which is appropriate! (Abuela is grandmother, abuelita is little grandmother!) This grandma will be happy to take Mexican chocolate to them. Hmmmm....that abuelita looks more like MY grandma, not me!
I started a new quilt yesterday for another baby due this spring. This one has lots of little pieces, but it should be fun! It's just going to take a while to get all the pieces cut. I seem to have some fabrics that last forever, like that cute green with the little squigglies. I've had it a long time, and that fabric has ended up in quite a few quilts.
After four or five years since it was washed out by a hurricane, the road through the Buenos Aires arroyo is being paved. Not sure what took so long, but every time it has been paved in the past, a hurricane arrived in the summer strong enough to wash out the pavement. Arroyos, by definition, are a dry washes, or dry riverbeds. It is where the water passes to the ocean when there is lots of rain, and believe me, they get lots of water then. This time, they're putting in fairly thick concrete, so it will be interesting to see how it holds up. They're getting ready to pave the next arroyo, too, and I'm sure the folks who live out that way will appreciate it greatly. Since it is such a nice smooth, straight stretch of road, I'm sure they'll put a couple topes (speed bumps, or sleeping policemen) on it. Mexicans just LOVE open road where they can go fast, since it is so rare!!
This week is the annual Lord of the Winds tournament here in Los Barriles, and according to the wind forecast, not much wind! January is usually the windiest month of the year here, but this year it seems to have been less windy than usual. Makes for more pleasant conditions for the spectators on the beach (not being sandblasted), but not too great for the people trying to get their kites in the air! The beach beyond the road above is where a lot of the action will be happening. It will be nice if the road is ready to use!
Oh! Alexandra!! The gardenia you gave us is blooming and it smells wonderful. I planted the bush so that this flower is farthest away from the sidewalk, and it is hard to see, but you can smell it as you walk by! Mmmmmmm!
I got my green bean crop planted the other day, so I expect a nice crop of beans by March. I looked in my photos from last year in January, and the beans were already up and strung by this time, and well up to the wire. Then, as I continued to look through the photos, I was reminded that a cow got in and enjoyed eating the leaves, but left most of the blooms. They recovered, and I got a good harvest...eventually! Hopefully, the cows and burros will stay out this year, since we put in even more fence last year after that happened! We're just glad that there aren't any goats in our neighborhood, because we don't have a goat fence. Those stinkers could get through our barbed wire fence like it wasn't there.
We watched the Seattle Seahawks pull off a win against San Francisco on Sunday in the comfort of our own home... we set up my laptop with the big screen and found the game. It was very comfy! We've been invited to Ellis' house for the Superbowl; he has a real TV! Big screen and all!
While sitting on my sofa recliner watching the game, I looked to the left and saw the neighbor's cat on one of his favorite spots... on top of Peter's roof.
This was my view of him from my chair in the family room. The one above is with the zoom lens. It drives my dogs crazy when they're sitting on their favorite lounge chair on the veranda, and can see it, but can't get to that cat ..... argh!!! (They suffer so!)
That's about it for this week. Ben did get his car trailer finished up yesterday, and now he's ready to start another project. I wonder if I should make some suggestions??? I do have a few things on his "to-do" list, but they're probably way down there in priority.
A few more photos have been added to our January 2014 album. By the way, we have visitors scheduled for Feb 19 - 26, but nothing "inked in" after that. If you're getting tired of snow and fog and rain and cold, it's time to consider a Baja vacation.
Tus amigos de Baja,
Harriet, Ben, Ryan, Sam and Zoey
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ReplyDeleteHope that baby gets here soon and you have a wonderful trip.
Have you considered an electric fence to re-enforce the other one. Sure does work and the solar ones don't need electric power handy.
Looking forward to baby photos.
Yes, Lynda, we have thought about a solar electric fence. Just another one of those things we think about, but have other things with higher priority. You can be sure I will do baby photos!
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