Summer Vacation

If you are one of those yelapa lovers who really, really want to experience a summer here, well, what can I say but what others told me; don't bother, it's too  hot and too humid and
bugy and the ocean gets grungy , a lot.  But i came anyway, i knew it wouldn't make a difference. And i stayed, but that was the whole point, but to come for a vacation, well, a week is plenty, better 4 days , and get out !
You'll hear the sound effects, frogs and crickets especially, and the alarming array of birds.
Listening to some of their calls and whistles makes me laugh out loud, to myself !
The rain of cource, if you are lucky there will be a storm with sheets and sheets of rain, and thunder smashing directly over your head, you can feel the earth shake under your feet, and lightening shows that are wonderous and glorious and frightening at the same time.
It all makes you laugh, eventually, from relief, amazement or shock !
Once you stop seeing the lighter, brighter side of it all, it would be hard to go on ....
soaking up the rain blowing in with the wind, wringing mops and towels and sweeping ,
and sweeping, and sweeping .... living with crabs, and mice, and insects ... in the house !
It could all get a little much, but 4 days would be perfect !
I am not complaining.  I am learning how to relax, how to pace myself, how to let go.
There is so much to be done, and so much i want to do, but no sane person would/could work in this heat, the humidity, so get in the hammock and read, sketch, listen.
The village is so quiet, a very different vibe, more time to meet and greet, even though everyone is on slow-right-down time, Yelapa Summer Time !
Today the ocean is clear and bright, more thunder and lightening last night but little rain to speak of.  Didn't cool us off much. 
It's hot everywhere i'm told, there's flooding, also fires and chaos going on and on ...
I will be leaving for Canada this week, so I won't post again until first Monday in Sept.

Enjoy and Be Happy this Summer everyone ... wear a hat in the sun !

and more

              
                                                  somewhere .....

                                                           nice view round the point

 

 

nice view of The Pavillion at Casa Isabel

                                                 new house almost finished,on the right
                                                               casa estrella palapa

                                                   ... a magic kingdom built of rocks ...
            

                                                             yelapa tips and tricks                                     
                                              use your ripped up hammock as a trellis ...
 

 

                                                                      soooo hot  ....

Photos

                                 
                                                                 flowers at my gate

 

                                                              flowers along the path

 

 

the garden at Casa Vieja

 

                                                                 more Casa Vieja

 

 

birds of paradise !

 

                                                     incredible smell ... white ginger ...

                                     
                                               Bananas at Casa Delfin ... 3 bunches in total

                                                        Hibiscus at Casa Amarila

Graduation 2014

                       
                                 There is no fooling around when you are marching with the flag !
                                                                 Graduation 2014



                              

                                 Everyone knows their steps and hold their hearts

                                      
                                                              Waiting her turn ...

 

                                      I love the dancing , they are so serious and dedicated and
                                                                  it doesn't look easy !!

Home Sweet Home

Hola friends and Yelapa lovers ... I've been home for 9 days and going non stop ...
until my ankles swell up enough I have to stop !!
You know what I'm dealing with, besides a bodega full of too much stuff !! Water ! won't come in won't flush out !  We're working on it though, and everything will be in working
order in a Yelapa minute !! or two.  I manage just fine, with 1/2 a tank of water still and an
extra banos upstairs, so I'm sitting pretty, down here in the jungle !!  
We have seen the moon the last few nights , gorgeous. 
The last storm knocked out the spotlight on the beach, so we don't have that distraction.
It also snapped off a main branch of the Buganvilla at the top of the back hill.
Fell right on top of the two 2,500 litre water tanks that feed both houses,
but no damage done !!
Just a 4 day job to clean up ... it is as bad as blackberries to get close to !!
But Silverio did it !
The view up there has really opened up, the neighbours will be happy.
I  lost one lime tree, and the other had to be cut right back but will survivie... gave me a bunch of limes beforehand. 
Now the water tanks hover over the casita patio, couldn't see them at all before.  Another
place for a garden...more bananas & papayas ??
No mangos on the tree this year, not a one !  A few bunches of bananas waiting to be cut from the tree, then hung in a plastic bag for a few days, and they're ready.
The avocado tree coming along fine, ( my umbrella trick helped ? ) and the Tapachine has
tripled in size, it's gorgeous, and in the perfect place.
The vine along the fence at the path has numerous flowers, vibrant yellow, filling in more
and more of the barb wire... it climbs up the " stick trees" and pulls them down in the heavy rain, so everything down there has been cut back too ...
And so it goes ... I will post photos for next week.
Life in Yelapa ... my little piece of it anyway ...
Ocean is so so warm, and looks clear to me .  Not a lot of tourists around, but some, the
die hards like the flier from Calgary I met on the path, Karen, with her huge pack
resting next to Mimi's.  Pick a sport she could have been on the Olympic Team !
She was making jokes about the heat and humidity ... I wasn't sweating yet ... did i live here? and how much she loved Yelapa, that she must be crazy ?? She looked really happy, even though she was very very hot and sweaty ...
Manana manana is Kindergarten Graduation at the Casino ! 9 am.
There'll be a big performance, and cake for breakfast ... 
I'll try my best to get good pictures.  I've enjoyed all the holas from the kids I've been running into the last few days ...
I'm going to start tutroring on Tuesday mornings at Pollo Bollo.
Hope to get out to the point today, visit the neighbours garden, admire their lawn and so forth.  Jump in the ocean while I'm at it ...
Dear Dad, Don Hugo, home from the hospital, resting comfortably on the lazy boy chair out on the deck ... thanks for your well wishes ..
Everyone have a great summer day and more to come ...
peace and love
k