After storm clouds
Always happy when
heading home
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
storm clouds poem
colossal
upside down
black cupcakes
devouring the sky
orange frosting
melts down
the vortex
thunder digests it all
stars shout
i love you
madly
Survivng September
Happy end of summer, at least for us down here !
We are short on rain, so be prepared, hopefully we will catch up during October. Not sure how short we are, we'd have to ask the woman of the mountain, who measures every year, for the last 15 or so !!
Termites gone, spiders haven't arrived yet. This is the only time of year when mosquitoes are really bothersome Like the houseflies that show up in the early summer, the mosquitoes show up toward the end. They love it here as much as we do !!
Pretty quiet around here. Vallarta Adventures boat cruises are down to 10 or 20 people.
Most restaurants still closed. Ramona's Enchiladas a Thursday night staple.
I see a few white people around.
Most are regulars, but a newcomer or two around.
A few hearty here for end of summer vacation !!
Always facinating to watch the changing Lagoon.
The mouth of the river changes constantly. Huge sand dunes the other day, reminds me of San Carlos Bay, or a desert.
Kids surfing. They can walk out farther than I've ever seen,
like a sandbar out there ... great for the guy fishing on the shore !
Out there in the pouring rain, or the dark, or both !!
The town water fall is spectacular, as usual this time of year.
Time for another visit.
This is the time to hike to the waterfall up river. Besides being on the water taxi, it's the coolest place to be !!
I have been neglecting this blog to finish my poetry book, which I have done. I will get it to the printers next week, and have it available for purchase at my new restaurant, which will open
mid to late October, in downtown Yelapa !!
Yes, Chesley Chicken BBQ will be available for take out and
home delivery. Daylight hours only.
Let's hope we do it right !!
I have a grand business partner,who will do most of the work and cook the chicken, What could be better than that ?
It all came together pretty fast.
It was opportunity knocking at the door, and we said ...
Come on in !!
Please come by and wish us luck !!
I'm also hooked on Instagram. All my photos on my phone now,
and I'm just learning to post to my blog from it.
I'll try again today.
Keep cool everybody... see you soon ....
We are short on rain, so be prepared, hopefully we will catch up during October. Not sure how short we are, we'd have to ask the woman of the mountain, who measures every year, for the last 15 or so !!
Termites gone, spiders haven't arrived yet. This is the only time of year when mosquitoes are really bothersome Like the houseflies that show up in the early summer, the mosquitoes show up toward the end. They love it here as much as we do !!
Pretty quiet around here. Vallarta Adventures boat cruises are down to 10 or 20 people.
Most restaurants still closed. Ramona's Enchiladas a Thursday night staple.
I see a few white people around.
Most are regulars, but a newcomer or two around.
A few hearty here for end of summer vacation !!
Always facinating to watch the changing Lagoon.
The mouth of the river changes constantly. Huge sand dunes the other day, reminds me of San Carlos Bay, or a desert.
Kids surfing. They can walk out farther than I've ever seen,
like a sandbar out there ... great for the guy fishing on the shore !
Out there in the pouring rain, or the dark, or both !!
The town water fall is spectacular, as usual this time of year.
Time for another visit.
This is the time to hike to the waterfall up river. Besides being on the water taxi, it's the coolest place to be !!
I have been neglecting this blog to finish my poetry book, which I have done. I will get it to the printers next week, and have it available for purchase at my new restaurant, which will open
mid to late October, in downtown Yelapa !!
Yes, Chesley Chicken BBQ will be available for take out and
home delivery. Daylight hours only.
Let's hope we do it right !!
I have a grand business partner,who will do most of the work and cook the chicken, What could be better than that ?
It all came together pretty fast.
It was opportunity knocking at the door, and we said ...
Come on in !!
Please come by and wish us luck !!
I'm also hooked on Instagram. All my photos on my phone now,
and I'm just learning to post to my blog from it.
I'll try again today.
Keep cool everybody... see you soon ....
Monday, September 5, 2016
50 shades of green
Good Morning and Happy September ... and Labour Day long weekend !!!
We all know what this time of year means in the North !!! and here it means ...
Rain !!!!! No sun !!! Rain !!!! Overcast, cloudy, cool, rain !!!
It went down to 23 degrees last night !!
Todays predicted high 32 !!
Humidity I'm guessing in the low 60 %. Very pleasant and mild,
for this time of year ...
After our last big rains earlier in the month, it stopped, again.
Termites LOVE that !!
It rained and rained in Puerto Vallarta, and Tuito, and everywhere else .. almost,
but not here.
There has been a lot of flash lightening and thunder. but, after Saturday night you can tell we are only getting started ...
It began raining while I was in PV, on my 3 day sweep vacation, clear skies for my return,
but began again Saturday night... and guess what ... TERMITES ...
I had a top 5 worst bed drama, becase I hadn't tucked in and secured my mosquitoe net
before dark and they got into my bed !!! ugggg...
They are basically just a set of wings so how do you do battle with that ??
Vacumme cleaner ??
They can be very dangerous, especially for infants, if they crawl into your ears ... uggg ..
so you don't want want them in your bed !
Well, I survived, and the rain continues. So green it's hard to take it all in.
You can tell we will be socked in for a while. It's like those times when the power goes off and you know you are in for a long haul ...
only different .... bring it on ...
I've offered to take the 4 Police Officers, ( who arrived on Monday August 22, the same day
as our Govenor, and the first day of school ) on a tour of the point, so they are familiar with which house is who and where, but
they said they have a rotation of officers on duty,
( not sure how many .. 12 ? 16 ? the whole Tuito force taking turns ?? ),
so I said I'd draw a map, ( we are down to 3 cops as of a week ago !? ),
but really, I think the thing to do is give each rotation a tour.
I can do that. Sherriff Lois is ready to help me.
Lets see what happens, but its very important.
In an emergency you would call Louis and he will walkie talkie the police,
They are set up in the Sherriff ( Deligado's ) office.
They arrive at 7:30 pm and leave at 8 or 9 am ish the next day.
Micheal King ! My long time friend.
37 years confidant, go to help me move again please, sports teacher, house sitter, message center and etc.... is here, in Yelapa.
He promised to visit for 13 years, and now he is here and one very happy camper.
And so am I.
Life is one surprise after another !!!
I'm late I'm late , I have a very important date.
Mums the word right now but news flash to come in the following days
School for me starts Wednesday.
Enjoy your week .. Power Path theme of the month ...
Taking care of business ..... Mercury Retrograde ... All signals GO ....
We all know what this time of year means in the North !!! and here it means ...
Rain !!!!! No sun !!! Rain !!!! Overcast, cloudy, cool, rain !!!
It went down to 23 degrees last night !!
Todays predicted high 32 !!
Humidity I'm guessing in the low 60 %. Very pleasant and mild,
for this time of year ...
After our last big rains earlier in the month, it stopped, again.
Termites LOVE that !!
It rained and rained in Puerto Vallarta, and Tuito, and everywhere else .. almost,
but not here.
There has been a lot of flash lightening and thunder. but, after Saturday night you can tell we are only getting started ...
It began raining while I was in PV, on my 3 day sweep vacation, clear skies for my return,
but began again Saturday night... and guess what ... TERMITES ...
I had a top 5 worst bed drama, becase I hadn't tucked in and secured my mosquitoe net
before dark and they got into my bed !!! ugggg...
They are basically just a set of wings so how do you do battle with that ??
Vacumme cleaner ??
They can be very dangerous, especially for infants, if they crawl into your ears ... uggg ..
so you don't want want them in your bed !
Well, I survived, and the rain continues. So green it's hard to take it all in.
You can tell we will be socked in for a while. It's like those times when the power goes off and you know you are in for a long haul ...
only different .... bring it on ...
I've offered to take the 4 Police Officers, ( who arrived on Monday August 22, the same day
as our Govenor, and the first day of school ) on a tour of the point, so they are familiar with which house is who and where, but
they said they have a rotation of officers on duty,
( not sure how many .. 12 ? 16 ? the whole Tuito force taking turns ?? ),
so I said I'd draw a map, ( we are down to 3 cops as of a week ago !? ),
but really, I think the thing to do is give each rotation a tour.
I can do that. Sherriff Lois is ready to help me.
Lets see what happens, but its very important.
In an emergency you would call Louis and he will walkie talkie the police,
They are set up in the Sherriff ( Deligado's ) office.
They arrive at 7:30 pm and leave at 8 or 9 am ish the next day.
Micheal King ! My long time friend.
37 years confidant, go to help me move again please, sports teacher, house sitter, message center and etc.... is here, in Yelapa.
He promised to visit for 13 years, and now he is here and one very happy camper.
And so am I.
Life is one surprise after another !!!
I'm late I'm late , I have a very important date.
Mums the word right now but news flash to come in the following days
School for me starts Wednesday.
Enjoy your week .. Power Path theme of the month ...
Taking care of business ..... Mercury Retrograde ... All signals GO ....
Friday, August 5, 2016
The bee story
WoW. Angry bees in the tree. That was intense.
Those poor horses and the young people too... so frightening.
Two horses died, and a person spent a night or two in PV hospital.
The next door neighbour was attacked when he ran to free up the horses.
He saw the water in the creek rising fast, didn't see the bees, at first.
He described it as Armaggeddon !!
I saw the kids on their way out to Isabels Beach.
It was late afternoon, it was raining and going to rain more. Heavy skies.
I didn't recognize the people I saw, they were visitors, but I recognized the horses.
There was a little commotion, which drew my attention, since there is that steep incline in front of my house, that can be intimidating on a horse, but the kids did fine, and off they went for a swim. There was a Yelapa local or two with them.
They tied the horse a little farther down where Rosie is tied, and it was too close to the creek bed. When the rain came heavy, the creek rose fast and the horses were getting aggitated.
This aggitated the bees. Then there was war.
It's over now, but the bees are still there.
Louis Manigito ! our new Deligado has called Tuito for help. We are waiting for a specialist !
Those of us out here will continue to follow up. How they will fix this we I do not know.
Some people say the tree will be fire bombed, of sorts.
It won't be easy or pretty.
I made a sign but it isn't holding up too well in this weather !
Our hearts go out to those people who lost their horses and the people who experienced
such a trauma.
Weather is finally normal. Rain, thunder, lightening.
The first storm came in with a bang, that is an understatement !!
Less than an inch of rain with it though ..
Bad year for swarming termites, but they are gone now, so are the land crabs.
Frogs are here. Those beetles that are deafening, ..can't spell the name ... and the regular
summer time mosquitoes, flies, and their extended families !
Nothing we can't handle, so far ....
I'll post some new pictures. If you can/want check out Instagram and my photos there.
Won't be sending photos of my Reading Club. My readers are too busy enjoying their summer vacation, and I don't blame them.
Anajlina"s Garden on the beach has re opened, and so has The Barracuda.
That's all very good news.
Vallarta Adventures still bringing boat loads of day trippers in.
I see them walking along the beach, in the pouring rain, on their way back to the boat.
At least no one can complain about being cold !!
Life goes on. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Pollo Bollo on vacation, which is not good news for us, but great for them.
But soon the smoke stack will be chugging away, and October will be right around the corner.
Take good care everyone ... live .. love ... laugh ... listen !!
Those poor horses and the young people too... so frightening.
Two horses died, and a person spent a night or two in PV hospital.
The next door neighbour was attacked when he ran to free up the horses.
He saw the water in the creek rising fast, didn't see the bees, at first.
He described it as Armaggeddon !!
I saw the kids on their way out to Isabels Beach.
It was late afternoon, it was raining and going to rain more. Heavy skies.
I didn't recognize the people I saw, they were visitors, but I recognized the horses.
There was a little commotion, which drew my attention, since there is that steep incline in front of my house, that can be intimidating on a horse, but the kids did fine, and off they went for a swim. There was a Yelapa local or two with them.
They tied the horse a little farther down where Rosie is tied, and it was too close to the creek bed. When the rain came heavy, the creek rose fast and the horses were getting aggitated.
This aggitated the bees. Then there was war.
It's over now, but the bees are still there.
Louis Manigito ! our new Deligado has called Tuito for help. We are waiting for a specialist !
Those of us out here will continue to follow up. How they will fix this we I do not know.
Some people say the tree will be fire bombed, of sorts.
It won't be easy or pretty.
I made a sign but it isn't holding up too well in this weather !
Our hearts go out to those people who lost their horses and the people who experienced
such a trauma.
Weather is finally normal. Rain, thunder, lightening.
The first storm came in with a bang, that is an understatement !!
Less than an inch of rain with it though ..
Bad year for swarming termites, but they are gone now, so are the land crabs.
Frogs are here. Those beetles that are deafening, ..can't spell the name ... and the regular
summer time mosquitoes, flies, and their extended families !
Nothing we can't handle, so far ....
I'll post some new pictures. If you can/want check out Instagram and my photos there.
Won't be sending photos of my Reading Club. My readers are too busy enjoying their summer vacation, and I don't blame them.
Anajlina"s Garden on the beach has re opened, and so has The Barracuda.
That's all very good news.
Vallarta Adventures still bringing boat loads of day trippers in.
I see them walking along the beach, in the pouring rain, on their way back to the boat.
At least no one can complain about being cold !!
Life goes on. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Pollo Bollo on vacation, which is not good news for us, but great for them.
But soon the smoke stack will be chugging away, and October will be right around the corner.
Take good care everyone ... live .. love ... laugh ... listen !!
Saturday, July 23, 2016
Summertime
It's Official ... rainy season is upon us.
The thunder, lightening, wind, termites swarming, all thoses things that bring joy to our heart and frusratation to trying read a book, etc.
The land crabs haven't reappeared on mass, so that's a small blessing.
They have had their show for the year.
A sigh of relief passed through the village and we share our gratitude.
Time to get planting again.
Peace and Love.
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
weather update
.... No Rain ....
That's all we want around here this time of year, and exactly what we are not getting.
The season started off so prominsing. Almost right on schedule. The vllage breathes a sigh of relief.
Everyone is happy. Then the land crabs and termites and flys appear, but that is a small price to pay
for our blessing.
But then nothing but thunder and dark clouds. It's raining everywhere else.We can see the rain clouds
opening over PV, but nothing here. Everyday it promises, but we are left with nothing.
A little scary. This may mean, when the rain does come, and it will, won't it ... it may rain through October. Doesn't matter at this point, just as long as it starts and starts big.
I've said before that growing up in Northern Ontario has helped me adapt to this weather. Funny to say, but i have spent more than one winter at minus 27. My car engine froze up once, gas line too.
I would take a chance gettng in my jeep and just driving down my driveway... black ice, white ice,
sleet and freezing rain ... oh my ... this weather just doesn't compare.
It's intense no doubt. To be walking or working out there under the sun is not easy.
But, neither is wind chill factor, blowing snow, and frozen toes.
I'm happy here. I can take it. Just make it rain ....
I thought our beach light problem had been rectified, with a dimmer light, but sorry to report, the
new / old light bulb is back. It really conflicts with the Tourist Town label.
I haven't got it too bad, I have made adjustments, and trying to pretend it's not there, but that's a
stretch. Not sure how, but someday I hope we will reach a compromise.
There are tourists in town, and Vallarta Adventures boats still roaring in, most boats packed.
There aren't a lot of restaurants opened n town but still action at the beach.
I heard a rumor The Barracuda may be re opening. And Chico's serving dinner too.
I stay pretty close to home. Meetng with teachers today to discuss English Program for next year.
I'm in deep down, and although I fear it will be a ton of work, I can't wait to get at it.
I'll keep you posted.
I hope I don't have to report any bad sad news.
Prayers are being said for Julio Cesar. Family and friends gather for 9 days.
Everyone still in shock.
Peace be with you .....
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