Hola Amigos,
Happy last day of April! We are already 1/3 of the way through the year, as hard as that is to believe. This is the time of year when little black dogs get hot when they walk on the beach, and always look for shady spots on the way home! (I think they were shaking their heads in this photo, so that's why you see ears sticking straight up!)
Yes, the weather is getting warmer; temps are almost always in the 80's in the afternoons. Nighttime temps are still down in the 60's, so it is refreshing in the mornings when we get up. We've started turning on the overhead fans, and windows are being opened. I love this time of year here in Baja!
Ben went fishing last week, but not in his own boat. He went with a couple friends who chartered a panga out of La Ribera for a 1/2 day of fishing. Fortunately, they hooked a nice 120 pound striped Marlin, and the friend visiting from Oregon got to pull it in. That evening, we all went to Barrilito's restaurant where they'd taken some of the fish earlier that afternoon. Chef Pancho did an excellent job preparing the fish 4 different ways! We had sashimi for an appetizer (not one of my favorite ways to eat fish, but this was delicious!), then Vera Cruz style, then with a cilantro sauce, and finally pan fried with a wonderful nutty crust. We all decided that was the best fish meal we'd ever had! Here are photos of the sashimi and the Vera Cruz style. I was too busy eating to get photos of the next two!
Ben is still talking about getting his boat ready to put in the water... we'll see what happens in the next couple of weeks. It is hot on the east side of our house most of the day where the boat is parked, and he does get sunburned pretty easily. We'll keep you posted!
Our last Bottle Brush bud bloomed last week. Hopefully, next year we'll have more than 3 blooms, but we'll take what we can get!
We feed the wild birds here regularly, and the Orioles have been keeping me busy making nectar and filling up their special feeder. We have two kinds here; the Hooded Oriole and the Scott's Oriole. The Scott's Oriole looks like it has a hood, and the Hooded Oriole looks like it has a bib, but that's what they're called! Here are two examples. Say....maybe the Hooded Oriole's hood is yellow instead of black??? If you figure it out, let me know!
I've been filling the feeder daily lately. There are not too many Hummingbirds around right now so the Orioles are providing lots of entertainment!
Other creatures that we're seeing more of are the Iguanas. Here is one that lives in a tree at some friends home. These guys can hold really still, and are sometimes very hard to spot, as they're often the same color as their surroundings. But they can move fast when they want to! This guy scrurried into his hole at the bottom of the tree lickety-split when I got too close!
There are also a couple that hang out in the Cardon cactus near our driveway, but it is tough to get close to them in that 15 foot tall cactus in the middle of the thorn bushes (especially when they are sitting on top!) They live in those little holes you see in the cactus. What a life!
As you can see, there is a lot of blue sky and calm water... time to consider a Baja visit, perhaps? To convince you further, I've posted a few more photos at the bottom of our April 2013 Picasa Album.
Hasta la proxima semana,
Tus amigos de Baja,
Harriet, Ben, Ryan, Sam & Zoey
Happy last day of April! We are already 1/3 of the way through the year, as hard as that is to believe. This is the time of year when little black dogs get hot when they walk on the beach, and always look for shady spots on the way home! (I think they were shaking their heads in this photo, so that's why you see ears sticking straight up!)
Yes, the weather is getting warmer; temps are almost always in the 80's in the afternoons. Nighttime temps are still down in the 60's, so it is refreshing in the mornings when we get up. We've started turning on the overhead fans, and windows are being opened. I love this time of year here in Baja!
Ben went fishing last week, but not in his own boat. He went with a couple friends who chartered a panga out of La Ribera for a 1/2 day of fishing. Fortunately, they hooked a nice 120 pound striped Marlin, and the friend visiting from Oregon got to pull it in. That evening, we all went to Barrilito's restaurant where they'd taken some of the fish earlier that afternoon. Chef Pancho did an excellent job preparing the fish 4 different ways! We had sashimi for an appetizer (not one of my favorite ways to eat fish, but this was delicious!), then Vera Cruz style, then with a cilantro sauce, and finally pan fried with a wonderful nutty crust. We all decided that was the best fish meal we'd ever had! Here are photos of the sashimi and the Vera Cruz style. I was too busy eating to get photos of the next two!
Our last Bottle Brush bud bloomed last week. Hopefully, next year we'll have more than 3 blooms, but we'll take what we can get!
We feed the wild birds here regularly, and the Orioles have been keeping me busy making nectar and filling up their special feeder. We have two kinds here; the Hooded Oriole and the Scott's Oriole. The Scott's Oriole looks like it has a hood, and the Hooded Oriole looks like it has a bib, but that's what they're called! Here are two examples. Say....maybe the Hooded Oriole's hood is yellow instead of black??? If you figure it out, let me know!
Other creatures that we're seeing more of are the Iguanas. Here is one that lives in a tree at some friends home. These guys can hold really still, and are sometimes very hard to spot, as they're often the same color as their surroundings. But they can move fast when they want to! This guy scrurried into his hole at the bottom of the tree lickety-split when I got too close!
As you can see, there is a lot of blue sky and calm water... time to consider a Baja visit, perhaps? To convince you further, I've posted a few more photos at the bottom of our April 2013 Picasa Album.
Hasta la proxima semana,
Tus amigos de Baja,
Harriet, Ben, Ryan, Sam & Zoey
