The front yard has lots of succulents due to the wind, etc. but there are also 5 oleanders, palms, coconuts (of course), a hibiscus, an orange tree, bougainvillas (4)so there is more than what you see here....you can see the vacant lot next door. Our lot was once wild like this.
Last week our son and grandson were down for 5 days...they flew into Cancun ( a mistake many people make because they think they can save a few bucks) . Cancun is about a 4 hour drive away. Its easy to catch a bus( it runs every hour) between Cancun and merida but it still takes 4 hrs. So basically, a one week vacation turns into a 5 day visit. As luck would have it (bad luck) an el norte came in and most of the visit was spent indoors due to cold and heavy rain....At least the first day at the house was nice and while we were walking on the beach we found a dead sea turtle.( His shell now resides at our house......)It was so nice to see Tyler and Tyson. We really love living here and have no regrets but we know its been hard on our kids and of course we miss them like crazy. I guess there really is no perfect world....damn!
Backyard....again, this really isn't a good picture but it gives you an idea. The plant in the foreground was on the front porch in a big terra cotta-barro-pot but it was too windy for it. I was at a beautiful hacienda and these plants were growing up a tree and looked like something from Jurrasic park so thought Id try that out. You see the neighbors house? It is our ONLY neighbor and we've never seen anyone there. The influx of gringos buying up Santa Clara continues...John went to the store the other day and brought back a woman........he brought her over to see our house and introduce her to me. She just bought a 3 bdrm house NOT on the beach, amazingly enough, though she is one lot back from it. She just happens to be the labor commisioner for the state of north carolina. She said they had already purchased a home in merida that they had gutted and redone but she felt she "needed a view' so they bought this house here too. They will still live in N. carolina so im not too sure how much they'll be here in santa clara. I tell you, it's like a little series here...I will not go into too many details of peoples lives but i will say,we do not need TV to be entertained........
This fellow is called a bananaquit...yes, I confess, we do have a bird book and we look these things up. He ( or she) arrived a couplw eeks ago and as of yesterday , I saw three of them hanging out together. Speaking of birds, I was just getting up a couple of days ago, it was one of those still, silent mornings and i was just starting to enjoy my tea when I noticed a cacophony of sound coming from the direction of the manglar. I walked outback and headed to the dock. What a racket! It was like a convention of drunken salesman having poolside cocktails...loud raccous shouts arose along with what sounded like cannonball dives. There must have been hundreds, if not thousands, of birds..pelicans, egrets, herons and a multitude of others i can't name, all engaged in a feeding frenzy. They were screeching and cawing and throwing themselves headfirst into the swamp. Like a bird rave it was! I got in the truck and drove to where I could get a better view. It seems as though there was some sort of a smelt run going on. Oh! That reminds me, while i was watching this show, Mr. Crocodile appeared, well, his eyes anyway. I was going to include that pic for you. Maybe I'll add it in when i'm done here.
And last but not least, i will include this shot of my Tue. ladies group ( which is currently on hold). Starting from the left- Peggy ( whose husband, Tom, is johns new pal), next is Linda, who lives 10 miles down the road in Dzilam de Bravo. She has lived down here for 15 years. To my right is carla who lives in Italy, England and Phoenix, throwing in a 2 month stay, give or take, down here. She is a lovely woman who cooks a delicous pasta( she made tuna spaghetti...i know, sounds gross, but it was excellent)and last but not least is Marcie (of Marcie and Will) . These are my beach buddies. I have a few friends in Merida as well but no photos of them yet. We've had so many visitors, i haven't spent much time with these ladies. I think thats how it goes down here.
So there you have it...nothing too interesting or entertaining, just a little snapshot of our life. Hope you liked it. I'll keep you posted on whether or not my tobacco-lizard repellant worked.....
Backyard....again, this really isn't a good picture but it gives you an idea. The plant in the foreground was on the front porch in a big terra cotta-barro-pot but it was too windy for it. I was at a beautiful hacienda and these plants were growing up a tree and looked like something from Jurrasic park so thought Id try that out. You see the neighbors house? It is our ONLY neighbor and we've never seen anyone there. The influx of gringos buying up Santa Clara continues...John went to the store the other day and brought back a woman........he brought her over to see our house and introduce her to me. She just bought a 3 bdrm house NOT on the beach, amazingly enough, though she is one lot back from it. She just happens to be the labor commisioner for the state of north carolina. She said they had already purchased a home in merida that they had gutted and redone but she felt she "needed a view' so they bought this house here too. They will still live in N. carolina so im not too sure how much they'll be here in santa clara. I tell you, it's like a little series here...I will not go into too many details of peoples lives but i will say,we do not need TV to be entertained........
This fellow is called a bananaquit...yes, I confess, we do have a bird book and we look these things up. He ( or she) arrived a couplw eeks ago and as of yesterday , I saw three of them hanging out together. Speaking of birds, I was just getting up a couple of days ago, it was one of those still, silent mornings and i was just starting to enjoy my tea when I noticed a cacophony of sound coming from the direction of the manglar. I walked outback and headed to the dock. What a racket! It was like a convention of drunken salesman having poolside cocktails...loud raccous shouts arose along with what sounded like cannonball dives. There must have been hundreds, if not thousands, of birds..pelicans, egrets, herons and a multitude of others i can't name, all engaged in a feeding frenzy. They were screeching and cawing and throwing themselves headfirst into the swamp. Like a bird rave it was! I got in the truck and drove to where I could get a better view. It seems as though there was some sort of a smelt run going on. Oh! That reminds me, while i was watching this show, Mr. Crocodile appeared, well, his eyes anyway. I was going to include that pic for you. Maybe I'll add it in when i'm done here.
And last but not least, i will include this shot of my Tue. ladies group ( which is currently on hold). Starting from the left- Peggy ( whose husband, Tom, is johns new pal), next is Linda, who lives 10 miles down the road in Dzilam de Bravo. She has lived down here for 15 years. To my right is carla who lives in Italy, England and Phoenix, throwing in a 2 month stay, give or take, down here. She is a lovely woman who cooks a delicous pasta( she made tuna spaghetti...i know, sounds gross, but it was excellent)and last but not least is Marcie (of Marcie and Will) . These are my beach buddies. I have a few friends in Merida as well but no photos of them yet. We've had so many visitors, i haven't spent much time with these ladies. I think thats how it goes down here.So there you have it...nothing too interesting or entertaining, just a little snapshot of our life. Hope you liked it. I'll keep you posted on whether or not my tobacco-lizard repellant worked.....
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