Hola Amigos,
Happy February, and Groundhog Day. We don't have any Groundhogs here...we just look out the window and see that the sun is still shining and there is no snow on the ground, and we're happy. And yes, the flowers are still blooming!! (Happy 8th Anniversary to our daughter Rebecca and husband Tim!)
This is one of my very favorite Hibiscus plants. The flowers are dinner plate size, and bright orange with some yellow highlights. It's too bad that they usually face to the east, and the sun, away from our entry sidewalk. We just have to detour over through the garden paths to enjoy them.
We had a three day break between company; enough time to clean up the guest room for the next guests and get a few things done around here. Gary and Debbie haven't visited us before this, so it was great to spend some time with them.
We took them on some back roads, visited our friends Mel and Kate out at Frailes, had lunch at Cabo Pulmo. We also took them to our favorite hot springs, which was as wonderful as usual. Too bad the road to them was miserable! I don't think there's been a grader there since some of our heavy rains earlier this winter.
We had the best intentions to take them whale watching at Magdalena Bay, and traveled all the way to San Carlos and spent the night to be ready to go early the next morning, but both Ben and Debbie ended up with food poisoning from the restaurant where we ate that night. Ugh. Double ugh!!! We cancelled the whale watching, and they both spent the day in their beds trying to keep down some water and 7-up. Probricitos! Gary and I lounged around because the sickies wanted us close by in case they needed anything. At least I had my Kindle with me so I could read a book. So, no whale pictures......yet! We might go back in a couple weeks to try it again.
Last Saturday, when Ben took Gary and Debbie to their vacation condo in Cabo San Lucas, I had the opportunity to attend a cooking class at Buen Provecho cooking school in San Bartolo. What fun!! The head chef, Denise,sings in our community choir, so it was great to see her in her "element". We had a class in appetizers, using things commonly found here. Several of the items needed pie crust, and she taught a new recipe to us that I think will be fantastic for me to use with my pies, using cream cheese, butter and flour. Here are some of the things we made:
This table has Fried Cheese with San Bartolo Fruit Ate (on the skewers), Roasted vegetables and Ham Quiche, Marinated Olives and Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Roasted Peppers over Feta or Queso Fresco, Sweet Potato Rounds, and Mini Chipotle Chicken Tacos.
The middle photo is Sweet Potato Rounds topped with Bacon and Pecans, and the bottom photo is Rustic Dijon, Potato and Vegetable tart (using the pastry recipe).
Of course we sampled everything. I think it was about a 4 course afternoon, making and then stuffing ourselves with our cooking efforts. YUM!!!
One of the things I really liked about this class is the Mexican gals in the background of the first cooking photo who washed ALL our dirty dishes. I told her I needed her at my house, because how many of you like to cook, but hate the clean-up???
We have another week before cousins Tom and wife Karan show up. Being from Oregon's Willamette Valley (think RAIN and COLD), they are looking forward to sunshine, which we promise they'll have in abundance. We have had some fantastic calm days lately, but today and the next few days are windy. Very windy!
I'll leave you with the church in San Antonio so you can appreciate the blue-blue sky, and then a photo of a whimsical sculpture of Jacques Cousteau in La Paz.
More photos are in our 2016 January album (because all of the photos were taken in January!)
Hasta la proxima vez,
Tus amigos en Baja,
Harriet, Ben, Ryan, Sam & Zoey
Happy February, and Groundhog Day. We don't have any Groundhogs here...we just look out the window and see that the sun is still shining and there is no snow on the ground, and we're happy. And yes, the flowers are still blooming!! (Happy 8th Anniversary to our daughter Rebecca and husband Tim!)
This is one of my very favorite Hibiscus plants. The flowers are dinner plate size, and bright orange with some yellow highlights. It's too bad that they usually face to the east, and the sun, away from our entry sidewalk. We just have to detour over through the garden paths to enjoy them.
We had a three day break between company; enough time to clean up the guest room for the next guests and get a few things done around here. Gary and Debbie haven't visited us before this, so it was great to spend some time with them.
We took them on some back roads, visited our friends Mel and Kate out at Frailes, had lunch at Cabo Pulmo. We also took them to our favorite hot springs, which was as wonderful as usual. Too bad the road to them was miserable! I don't think there's been a grader there since some of our heavy rains earlier this winter.
We had the best intentions to take them whale watching at Magdalena Bay, and traveled all the way to San Carlos and spent the night to be ready to go early the next morning, but both Ben and Debbie ended up with food poisoning from the restaurant where we ate that night. Ugh. Double ugh!!! We cancelled the whale watching, and they both spent the day in their beds trying to keep down some water and 7-up. Probricitos! Gary and I lounged around because the sickies wanted us close by in case they needed anything. At least I had my Kindle with me so I could read a book. So, no whale pictures......yet! We might go back in a couple weeks to try it again.
Last Saturday, when Ben took Gary and Debbie to their vacation condo in Cabo San Lucas, I had the opportunity to attend a cooking class at Buen Provecho cooking school in San Bartolo. What fun!! The head chef, Denise,sings in our community choir, so it was great to see her in her "element". We had a class in appetizers, using things commonly found here. Several of the items needed pie crust, and she taught a new recipe to us that I think will be fantastic for me to use with my pies, using cream cheese, butter and flour. Here are some of the things we made:
This table has Fried Cheese with San Bartolo Fruit Ate (on the skewers), Roasted vegetables and Ham Quiche, Marinated Olives and Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Roasted Peppers over Feta or Queso Fresco, Sweet Potato Rounds, and Mini Chipotle Chicken Tacos.
Of course we sampled everything. I think it was about a 4 course afternoon, making and then stuffing ourselves with our cooking efforts. YUM!!!
One of the things I really liked about this class is the Mexican gals in the background of the first cooking photo who washed ALL our dirty dishes. I told her I needed her at my house, because how many of you like to cook, but hate the clean-up???
We have another week before cousins Tom and wife Karan show up. Being from Oregon's Willamette Valley (think RAIN and COLD), they are looking forward to sunshine, which we promise they'll have in abundance. We have had some fantastic calm days lately, but today and the next few days are windy. Very windy!
I'll leave you with the church in San Antonio so you can appreciate the blue-blue sky, and then a photo of a whimsical sculpture of Jacques Cousteau in La Paz.
More photos are in our 2016 January album (because all of the photos were taken in January!)
Hasta la proxima vez,
Tus amigos en Baja,
Harriet, Ben, Ryan, Sam & Zoey
Looks Great, hope to make it there sometime soon !
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