Hola Amigos!
Happy last day of February 2017. Did that month fly by quickly or what?
We have had some lovely calm, sunny days, some seriously windy days, and a few raindrops here or there! We sometimes have what we call 6" rain ... that's when the raindrops are 6" apart! We think spring is not far from us. The birds are singing, the Doves are cooing, and the days are getting longer. We're almost ready to start eating our dinners out on our veranda again, as it will be lighter and warmer. (Daylight Savings will start a few weeks later here in Mexico than in the US). We spent one of those windy afternoons at Rancho Buena Vista last Friday. They were offering dinner and music, and you can't beat the venue! It's one of our favorite places to be, and it's only about 1/2 mile from our casa. Good food, good music and great friends with whom to spend the evening.
Our friend Mark, who is part owner of the Ranch, plays in a band called "Skeleton Key", and they were doing the music that night. Here's a link to a short video of the band. Mark is on the left, singing. Skeleton Key
We went to a Valentine's dinner / dance at another favorite place, La Playa. The band there was called "Revolving Door", named for the musicians who come and go with regularity! They're good, too, and played some great dance music for the crowds. Just check out these dancers who showed up to join the fun!
They had some pretty amazing moves in those unwieldy outfits!
AND..... Miguel de Hoyos was in town again playing his wonderful guitar! Hooray. (We do seem to get out to dinner and music a lot, don't we?) February has been a great month for it! And it is even more fun with friends.
Of course, the burros are still hanging around. We took the opportunity to feed them some old tortillas the other day, and they appreciated it a lot! The bray of the burro is heard here regularly in our barrio!
Ain't she sweet? (Oh, and so is Ben!)
Our Los Frailes friends Kate and Mel have headed north (to fish on the Rogue), and they gave us their left-over bird seed and a neat sunflower seed feeder to store for them. I filled it with a little bit of sunflower seeds and hung it out in our feeding area. It took almost a week before I saw birds using it. Now, it looks like I might be busy keeping it filled up! We have Blue Jays, Cardinals, Finches, Woodpeckers and various other little birds enjoying it. I might just have to find one like it this summer and bring down to use next season. It has been fun watching them figure it out!
Flag Day here in Mexico (Dia de la Bandera) was February 24th, and I got a shot of the flag on the monument coming home from Costco that afternoon. I think they should fly it all the time, but they only do it on flag day. We have a great view of the flag monument from our casa.
Ben and I have both met a major milestone in our lives. We each got hearing aids; Ben for both ears and me for my left ear. Ben's are special, in that he can control volume and other settings with his iPhone. I chose a different type, which doesn't seem to do anything but sit in my ear and make things too loud!! Sigh.... I have no volume control of any kind, and it took some convincing to get the technician (at Costco) to turn it down enough so it wasn't grating on my hearing nerves! I will probably exchange this one for a different type....but I'm giving this one a go, for a week or two at least.
I have added some new pics to our 2017 February album, including a couple videos. I'll probably even put a couple captions on them, too!
Hasta la proxima vez en marzo!
Tus amigos en Baja,
Harriet & Ben, Sam & Zoey
Happy last day of February 2017. Did that month fly by quickly or what?
We have had some lovely calm, sunny days, some seriously windy days, and a few raindrops here or there! We sometimes have what we call 6" rain ... that's when the raindrops are 6" apart! We think spring is not far from us. The birds are singing, the Doves are cooing, and the days are getting longer. We're almost ready to start eating our dinners out on our veranda again, as it will be lighter and warmer. (Daylight Savings will start a few weeks later here in Mexico than in the US). We spent one of those windy afternoons at Rancho Buena Vista last Friday. They were offering dinner and music, and you can't beat the venue! It's one of our favorite places to be, and it's only about 1/2 mile from our casa. Good food, good music and great friends with whom to spend the evening.
Our friend Mark, who is part owner of the Ranch, plays in a band called "Skeleton Key", and they were doing the music that night. Here's a link to a short video of the band. Mark is on the left, singing. Skeleton Key
We went to a Valentine's dinner / dance at another favorite place, La Playa. The band there was called "Revolving Door", named for the musicians who come and go with regularity! They're good, too, and played some great dance music for the crowds. Just check out these dancers who showed up to join the fun!
They had some pretty amazing moves in those unwieldy outfits!
AND..... Miguel de Hoyos was in town again playing his wonderful guitar! Hooray. (We do seem to get out to dinner and music a lot, don't we?) February has been a great month for it! And it is even more fun with friends.
Of course, the burros are still hanging around. We took the opportunity to feed them some old tortillas the other day, and they appreciated it a lot! The bray of the burro is heard here regularly in our barrio!
Ain't she sweet? (Oh, and so is Ben!)
Our Los Frailes friends Kate and Mel have headed north (to fish on the Rogue), and they gave us their left-over bird seed and a neat sunflower seed feeder to store for them. I filled it with a little bit of sunflower seeds and hung it out in our feeding area. It took almost a week before I saw birds using it. Now, it looks like I might be busy keeping it filled up! We have Blue Jays, Cardinals, Finches, Woodpeckers and various other little birds enjoying it. I might just have to find one like it this summer and bring down to use next season. It has been fun watching them figure it out!
Flag Day here in Mexico (Dia de la Bandera) was February 24th, and I got a shot of the flag on the monument coming home from Costco that afternoon. I think they should fly it all the time, but they only do it on flag day. We have a great view of the flag monument from our casa.
Ben and I have both met a major milestone in our lives. We each got hearing aids; Ben for both ears and me for my left ear. Ben's are special, in that he can control volume and other settings with his iPhone. I chose a different type, which doesn't seem to do anything but sit in my ear and make things too loud!! Sigh.... I have no volume control of any kind, and it took some convincing to get the technician (at Costco) to turn it down enough so it wasn't grating on my hearing nerves! I will probably exchange this one for a different type....but I'm giving this one a go, for a week or two at least.
I have added some new pics to our 2017 February album, including a couple videos. I'll probably even put a couple captions on them, too!
Hasta la proxima vez en marzo!
Tus amigos en Baja,
Harriet & Ben, Sam & Zoey
You do such an awesome job of capturing life here in East Cape!! Love it that we're friends, and can enjoy it together! Life is good! <3 (I said, "LIFE IS GOOD!") .... lol ;) <3
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