Happy Birthday to me

Perfect Yelapa weather recently. Lots of sun at the beach.  I'm lucky I have sun at the house for 3 or 4 hours a day.  So many of us around here live on the side of the hill and are sun deprived certain times of the year. 

Only 46 steps up to this house, but over 200 at my next door neighbours ! And that many ,
or more down the trail at Casa Isabel.  You need strong feet, legs, knees, and hips to get
around here.  To get get anywhere is a climb.

My legs are feeling especially tight in certain places from walking up & down to the casita.
And then up again, to the bedroom on the second floor. 
A Yelapa motto is Go Slow and Lift Your Feet. That can be important even when you're walking to the banos, at night !

Living in Yelapa also means you have to be able to hop or jump or swing in or out of the water taxis.  Some have ladders hooked on the side, good luck with that in rough seas. There is a pier at Hotel Laganita, and in the village, and usually you can just step on or off , carefully and holding on to the canopy frame, without incident.
Mind your fingers and those people wanting to help you.  There is many an amateur ready
to lend a hand, and could promptly drop you in the sea ... almost !

Everywhere in Yelapa we have to pay attention to our environment.   I've had to kill two
scorpions this week.  I almost tumbled down the new steps dug out of the hill in the back,
twice ! Maneuvering the rocks and roots and walking in flip flops, can be dangerous to your health !

I celebrated a quiet Birthday. Chicken Enchiladas at Ramona's for dinner.  Very Special People around here.  Thank you for your kind words, and being an inspiration in my life.

Onward and Upward. My 53 rd year.

I have been decorating the casita, organizing the kitchen and making it cozy.
I've been sleeping up there since Gregorio has had a relapse with his Sciatic Nerve.
It a little tree house, with a swinging bed, and a clear view to the sky.
I can watch the Scissor birds do their ritual gliding, every morning.  Sweet.

The tourist traffic is still pretty slow, although there are more people here than I know about.  The nursees are back at the Hotel and that means Pegge too.  There was a drumming group last week. Lots of colour and beautiful people strolling the path.

The rhythm of the New Year begins.  There will be the build up to the Croquet Tournament
starting soon.  It will be very different without Pam & Martita, who stayed up north this
year.

Mimi is finishing a big project in her main courtyard.  An old tree had to be removed, it broke through the brick wall, and so she is also pouring a whole new cement floor at the
same time.  We can back to the book cafe this coming week.  There has been a few people
dropping by, so we need to get a little push on.


Full moon party on the beach tonight. A long standing tradition.  Tonight there is a live
band.  It used to be people jamming with guitars and tambourines and drums and harmonicas and flutes and everything else.
What a trip to cross the river late at night, in the dark.
Under the full moon.

Just one of the treats of living in Yelapa.


Stay well and  Think Positive

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