Hola Amigos,
Another week has rushed by, and our weather continues to be sunny and pleasant temperatures (around 60F for lows and 80F for highs), and not too windy. We had brunch on our veranda yesterday, and then dinner at friends in the evening in their beach-side dining area, without the need for a sweater or jacket. There is still enough wind on some days, usually in the afternoons, for the wind surfers and kite boarders to enjoy the day, but not too much for us to enjoy being outside.
Here's an evening sunset (looking east) when we had a pretty rising moon. This was from the house of friends in Los Barriles. You can see that little white spot above the clouds!
I looked out our bedroom window the other day, and noticed that our Agave plant is sending up a bloom stalk. It was already about 10 feet tall, and that was the first I noticed it.
These things grow like gang busters...I think it's grown another couple feet since I discovered it. It will bloom, and the plant will die, and then we'll be done with that agave in that area. (The leaves are NOT friendly...very sharp points on those things!)
Zoey is checking for lizards at the base of the plant, and it's a pretty good picture of our new brick path.
We've seen in the news where the price of gas is much cheaper in the US these days. Unfortunately, here in Mexico, it is still going up and up. The other day, we paid about $3.66 (US) per gallon for diesel. Diesel is priced about mid-way between regular and premium. We're not sure how Mexicans afford to fill up their cars!
We make up for the expense of gas with cheap property taxes. Ben paid our yearly tax bill the other day; $138 for our casa...for the year! Not bad, with twice a week garbage pickup service, and occasional grading of our road!
Our Community choir, OK Chorale, sang at the weekly Open Mic last Wednesday, and I heard several rave (or at least good) reviews. I was able to take my "new" portable keyboard, and it worked very well. Our group sang an African song (Babethandazah in Zulu), then Dona Nobis Pacem in Latin, then "Soon and Very Soon" by Andre Crouch. Our director is a very talented lady; she makes it a lot of fun, and we've all learned a lot!
One of our favorite restaurants in town, Pisces, has hired a local artist to brighten up their space with some ocean scenes. He's done a really nice job, I think.
We need to go there often to check out his progress! This scene includes Flat Top on the right, and The Tuna Slides on the left, encompassing the entire bay in a panoramic type view. We'll do another photo when it is completed.
I told Ben we need to hire him to do a scene at our casa on an outside wall, but I haven't convinced him quite yet!!
We are having yet one more "home improvement" project done at our casa (no, not painting a pretty picture on the wall). Rick, the contractor who did our sidewalk, is putting the Cool Deck finish on the carport roof, and they also removed some of the original parapet walls in front of the bedrooms for easier access to the roof. He also repaired some chipped and low areas on the roof of the original house, so we're hoping they will drain better (flat roofs are nice for extra living area, but miserable in the rain when they don't drain!)
I leave you with the view from my kitchen sink! Costco sells these orchids down here, and we can rarely resist buying one or two....or three!! Good thing the store is a long ways away! Anyhow...we're enjoying them, and thought you might, too. We've usually gotten them to re-bloom for us, if they survive the summer.
Some more photos are posted in our February 2015 album.
Hasta la proxima semana,
Tus amigos en Baja,
Harriet, Ben, Ryan, Sam & Zoey
Another week has rushed by, and our weather continues to be sunny and pleasant temperatures (around 60F for lows and 80F for highs), and not too windy. We had brunch on our veranda yesterday, and then dinner at friends in the evening in their beach-side dining area, without the need for a sweater or jacket. There is still enough wind on some days, usually in the afternoons, for the wind surfers and kite boarders to enjoy the day, but not too much for us to enjoy being outside.
Here's an evening sunset (looking east) when we had a pretty rising moon. This was from the house of friends in Los Barriles. You can see that little white spot above the clouds!
I looked out our bedroom window the other day, and noticed that our Agave plant is sending up a bloom stalk. It was already about 10 feet tall, and that was the first I noticed it. These things grow like gang busters...I think it's grown another couple feet since I discovered it. It will bloom, and the plant will die, and then we'll be done with that agave in that area. (The leaves are NOT friendly...very sharp points on those things!)
Zoey is checking for lizards at the base of the plant, and it's a pretty good picture of our new brick path.
We've seen in the news where the price of gas is much cheaper in the US these days. Unfortunately, here in Mexico, it is still going up and up. The other day, we paid about $3.66 (US) per gallon for diesel. Diesel is priced about mid-way between regular and premium. We're not sure how Mexicans afford to fill up their cars!
We make up for the expense of gas with cheap property taxes. Ben paid our yearly tax bill the other day; $138 for our casa...for the year! Not bad, with twice a week garbage pickup service, and occasional grading of our road!
Our Community choir, OK Chorale, sang at the weekly Open Mic last Wednesday, and I heard several rave (or at least good) reviews. I was able to take my "new" portable keyboard, and it worked very well. Our group sang an African song (Babethandazah in Zulu), then Dona Nobis Pacem in Latin, then "Soon and Very Soon" by Andre Crouch. Our director is a very talented lady; she makes it a lot of fun, and we've all learned a lot!
One of our favorite restaurants in town, Pisces, has hired a local artist to brighten up their space with some ocean scenes. He's done a really nice job, I think. We need to go there often to check out his progress! This scene includes Flat Top on the right, and The Tuna Slides on the left, encompassing the entire bay in a panoramic type view. We'll do another photo when it is completed.
I told Ben we need to hire him to do a scene at our casa on an outside wall, but I haven't convinced him quite yet!!
I leave you with the view from my kitchen sink! Costco sells these orchids down here, and we can rarely resist buying one or two....or three!! Good thing the store is a long ways away! Anyhow...we're enjoying them, and thought you might, too. We've usually gotten them to re-bloom for us, if they survive the summer.
Some more photos are posted in our February 2015 album.
Hasta la proxima semana,
Tus amigos en Baja,
Harriet, Ben, Ryan, Sam & Zoey
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