Buenos dias Amigos !! and Happy October !!
Usually the rainy season draws to a close this month, but we're all hoping that isn't the case this year !! Another 30 or 40 inches, ( my guess ) is still needed to get us to the 80 inches mark, which is our high average ! Nothing to do but wait and see.
5 inches fell one evening, in a downpour, causing a little damage with larger plants falling over, new leaks in the palapa roof, and mud everywhere ! Some of my neighbours closer to the ocean experienced a small mud slide into the house, but not me. The trail is brutal after a rain like this, you'll never know what you may find washed down the mountain, and the mud, as I said before, reminds me of black ice on the winter roads of the North.
Heavy rain in the hills north of us, flooding the river, turning the bay brown and silty. Tree branches, coconuts and debris tumble down the small canyons all around us and swimming is not recommended.
Plus 2 crocodiles were seen close to the playita !!
They roll down the canyons too !!
Last time they were closer to the hotel pier, but this time closer to town pier ! I don't know the outcome, but the
Environmental Agency was notified, as per last time, I assume !??
My two biggest issues, besides the leaky roof, are the 2 lizards and 2 frogs who enjoy sharing the house with me.
Both pair mother and child I believe !?
What to do ?
After the rainy season really comes to an end, the frogs will
go away on their own; do they die, head back to the river ?
But the lizards stick around all year long.
The same family has been here for years, I'm sure.
I stopped feeding them papaya a while ago, trying to train them to stay out of the house !!
I chase them off the deck with the broom or Wendel's hockey stick, which also works well for the land crabs in early summer !
So they lizards have moved to the roof !
This calls for a professional, although Donna up the hill snares her own pesky lizards and takes them down the hill away from her house, but they come back.
I'll need these ones to go far far away ....
It's been almost 2 weeks since Santos, of Casa Isabel for 30 years plus, passed away of a heart attack, at home.
Father of Marilou, and Janet, and Marina and Mario, and a son in the USA who made it in time for the burial.
He worked very hard his whole life, the majority side by side with Isabel, and with his wife Ramona.
Rest in Peace Don Santos.
School is ticking along pretty good ! I met the new teachers !
Kinder is so spectacular, but some furniture and other incidentals still missing. I'll be going up again this week to deliver the flag, for the lovely flag pole standing over the playground, donated by a Friend of Yelapa .
Primaria has teachers for each grade, although still could use extra help with the large class size. A grant is expected, and they would like to cover the cement playground area so to be more functional in the rain and under the hot sun.
Great idea ! We shall see !
Saludos amigos .... Enjoy your fall !!
