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| It is amazing the beautiful shells that are just laying on the sand as you wander down the shore, the waves lapping at your toes. wonder if I can find all the names of these? |
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Shells today
Birds- flamingos, spoonbills and storks
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| A lone male flamingo searching for food in Telchac |
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| Flamingos and babies in Sisal |
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| Heron in Telchac |
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| Roseate Spoonbills in the Marsh in Progreso |
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| Two wood storks roaming the marsh in Chelem |
These are just a few I found while I have been roaming around Yucatan.
Thinks I like in Summer....
Without internet it is impossible to update blogs and check on things.... wow. Not sure how we used to make it without all this technology at our fingertips.
that said, I will try to update now that we have moved and have internet up and running again....
Summer in Yucatan is hot, not just hot but sticky hot. But, the way to bear it is a cool dip in a friends pool, or having a KFreeze frozen cappucino from OXXO. :)
that said, I will try to update now that we have moved and have internet up and running again....
Summer in Yucatan is hot, not just hot but sticky hot. But, the way to bear it is a cool dip in a friends pool, or having a KFreeze frozen cappucino from OXXO. :)
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| Don't you love these woven deck chairs? I see them all over at people's houses, but haven't found one to buy yet. They are from Campeche and I am not sure I can convince hubby to drive all the way over to Campeche for a chair.... if I tell him there were Pirates there.... maybe. |
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Earthquake in VA!
oh my, I got a message from home about a 5.9 Earthquake in Va. That is very unusual to say the least.
Folks are posting on Facebook all about it, and some say they felt it up in Canada! the Center was in Virginia, close to Charlottesville. Buildings in Norfolk Va were evacuated and people sent home. Things were moving all over. My son posted his brick apartment building was moving.
Here's the details from the US Geological : http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/se082311a.php
Not sure about why that happened, but there was also one in Colorado about the same time. hmm.
Strange.
Well, this makes me glad that I live in Yucatan Mexico! There have never been any earthquakes here!!
Folks are posting on Facebook all about it, and some say they felt it up in Canada! the Center was in Virginia, close to Charlottesville. Buildings in Norfolk Va were evacuated and people sent home. Things were moving all over. My son posted his brick apartment building was moving.
Here's the details from the US Geological : http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/se082311a.php
Not sure about why that happened, but there was also one in Colorado about the same time. hmm.
Strange.
Well, this makes me glad that I live in Yucatan Mexico! There have never been any earthquakes here!!
Death in my family.....
It is hard being in another country when you find out a loved one is doing poorly and in Hospice. There are a lot of things that go through your mind, do I drop everything and rush there?, can I do anything there if I do?, will people think I am insensitive if I stay here?, can I even get a ticket out of here that quickly?
My father was in an Assisted Living Home since he had Dementia (possibly Alzheimers) and needed more assistance than my sister could give. She has been his primary caregiver since my mother passed away about four years ago.
When we decided to move to Mexico, I knew that I would miss my family, but also knew that this would be a better place for me to live. I visited my dad just before we left the US and told him I was moving and he said goodbye to me (not knowing who I was, or where I was going, or what I was talking about). It is very hard for loved ones to go through caring for a parent who doesn't remember you or even their spouse of 50 years.
When I got the call about my dad in Hospice, I was very conflicted about what to do. I then heard he had passed away quickly after that.
My two sisters in VA are dealing with all the final details. His cremation had been prepaid and was in place.
There will be a memorial for him Sunday. My heart is there even if my body can't be there this time. <3
My father was in an Assisted Living Home since he had Dementia (possibly Alzheimers) and needed more assistance than my sister could give. She has been his primary caregiver since my mother passed away about four years ago.
When we decided to move to Mexico, I knew that I would miss my family, but also knew that this would be a better place for me to live. I visited my dad just before we left the US and told him I was moving and he said goodbye to me (not knowing who I was, or where I was going, or what I was talking about). It is very hard for loved ones to go through caring for a parent who doesn't remember you or even their spouse of 50 years.
When I got the call about my dad in Hospice, I was very conflicted about what to do. I then heard he had passed away quickly after that.
My two sisters in VA are dealing with all the final details. His cremation had been prepaid and was in place.
There will be a memorial for him Sunday. My heart is there even if my body can't be there this time. <3
Ladies Day Out!
Just so you don't think I am pining away at the beach all by myself, I decided to write about one of my adventures with the expat ladies I have met down here. :)
There is a very large group of ladies from Canada and the US here and we get together frequenly without the spouses just to have a ladies day out.
This day there were 13 of us and we decided to make it an adventure and met at the main square in Progreso at 9am. Progreso is the central area of the beach, some of the ladies live east of Progreso and some live west. We met there and walked to the bus station to take the Auto Progreso bus to Merida. This is a very nice Air conditioned bus with reclining seats like an airplane. The round trip cost: 28 pesos or about $2.30 US, I don't think we could drive ONE car into Merida for that. :)
So the bus took us up the road a bit to Merida and we chatted along the way, leaving all the driving to the bus driver, and we got off at the bus station in Merida, two blocks from the main plaza.
We went to several stores downtown, then walked up a few blocks to the Tupperware store to see what was new in there. (They were so nice and gave us all catalogs, and a gift) Then we stopped at a jewelry/bead store having a 50% off sale. wow. Next we walked a few blocks up to the two story Air Conditioned store of Fantasias Miguel (our local Michael's craft store), and looke all over at the new things there.
Next up was lunch, too many Restaurants to choose from in Merida!!! This required a smal conference on the side of the sidewalk. lol. Finally decided on, we all headed to lunch at Las Vegas, owned by a man from Pittsburgh, PA. He has a clean place, nice bathrooms and most of all delicious food. oh, and AC! Can't forget the AC in the summer time, it sure gets hot here, and we walk around with our water bottles and cool off where we can. lol.
That all done, we decided to stop at the plastics store (everything you can imagine in plastic ware here).
Then back to the bus station for all us tired ladies. We rested our feet on the comfortable bus as it took us back to Progreso (about 30 minutes)
All the ladies try to get together at least once every two weeks to do something.
There is a very large group of ladies from Canada and the US here and we get together frequenly without the spouses just to have a ladies day out.
This day there were 13 of us and we decided to make it an adventure and met at the main square in Progreso at 9am. Progreso is the central area of the beach, some of the ladies live east of Progreso and some live west. We met there and walked to the bus station to take the Auto Progreso bus to Merida. This is a very nice Air conditioned bus with reclining seats like an airplane. The round trip cost: 28 pesos or about $2.30 US, I don't think we could drive ONE car into Merida for that. :)
So the bus took us up the road a bit to Merida and we chatted along the way, leaving all the driving to the bus driver, and we got off at the bus station in Merida, two blocks from the main plaza.
We went to several stores downtown, then walked up a few blocks to the Tupperware store to see what was new in there. (They were so nice and gave us all catalogs, and a gift) Then we stopped at a jewelry/bead store having a 50% off sale. wow. Next we walked a few blocks up to the two story Air Conditioned store of Fantasias Miguel (our local Michael's craft store), and looke all over at the new things there.
Next up was lunch, too many Restaurants to choose from in Merida!!! This required a smal conference on the side of the sidewalk. lol. Finally decided on, we all headed to lunch at Las Vegas, owned by a man from Pittsburgh, PA. He has a clean place, nice bathrooms and most of all delicious food. oh, and AC! Can't forget the AC in the summer time, it sure gets hot here, and we walk around with our water bottles and cool off where we can. lol.
That all done, we decided to stop at the plastics store (everything you can imagine in plastic ware here).
Then back to the bus station for all us tired ladies. We rested our feet on the comfortable bus as it took us back to Progreso (about 30 minutes)
All the ladies try to get together at least once every two weeks to do something.
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