-Art, its everywhere, it's on the fishing boats, it's in the
streets, on the buildings, people are
wearing it, making it, selling it sometimes without even knowing it.If you have even an iota of art in you it will appear.
-Fishing is an art, it is humbling and therapeutic, almost
spiritual. I believe watching the fisherman is just as therapeutic.
-Paddling in the ocean
on a calm morning on a paddle board is surreal
-Paddling at sunset with high surf, will roll you to the
bottom of ocean and then spit you out before you even know what happened. Seems
I need a lesson in wave watching.
-Yoga underneath the clicking palms and whispering banana
leaves, I Pinch myself.
-Shrimp/ribs/fish platter on the beach with friends is the
new normal.
-James 5:13, is anyone sick, pray, is anyone cheerful, sing!
And we did, we raised the roof of that little church with joyful song. Good to
be home, where we can sing and dance uninhibited...even in church.
-True story, man and son get off the ferry boat in front of
me, boy stumbles and drops a 2$ plastic pistol in the water, father leans in
but it floats away, he kicks off his flip flops and jumps in, rescues pistol.
This is how you become your son's hero, not by buying expensive things, or by saying
"we'll buy you another one tomorrow".
-Patience, it should come with your tourist visa card that
you fill out on the plane, you need it here, everything takes longer here.
Whether you are here for the winter or for a 2 week vacation, relax and just
let things happen....oh and a little bit
of shut up and listen goes a long way too.
-There are some that would argue that Alberta grade A beef is the best in the
world, I would challenge that with some carne asada grilled on the street here.
-A food journal, why didn't I buy one years ago?
-I feel a desperate need to paint my toe nails as soon as I
get here.
-Life revolves around the moon here, the tides, the
fish, the weather, the bugs....yup even
the bugs. We talk about the moon all the
time and we always know where it is......do you know where the moon is today?
-I will be getting motorbike lessons from my housemate this
year, yes he is still here and I adore him and his pretty girlfriend. He's back
from sea and is on his Christmas break until the new year now, all tuna boats
coming in now are staying in until after the new year.
- to bring a whole cake across town and across the water
requires a skill I do not have yet, there was an incident in a store (yup,
didn't even make it out of the store) and another incident where a cake ended
up in the garbage. I must keep practicing.....poor cakes.
-there was a duck chase on my street, my tio and I chasing a
wild duck. I don't know why, he wanted a duck and I wanted to help. We were
both underneath a truck, had it cornered, brother happens to come along at this
time. "why is my sister and my papa lying in street?" there was much
laughing....Oh, just help us already. Duck got caught, my tio had a new pet,
until someone left the gate open one day. Never a dull moment.
-Did I mention it's hot, it's hot.
-Do you know you can buy little wee 12gr balls of yarn here,
this may change my life. No need to buy a massive big ball when you have a
small craft project......do I have a craft project...of course.
-I always thought it would be cool if I could find some kind
of work that could be done via the internet so I could make money while traveling.
Not cool at all. I did bring about 80 hrs worth of work with me this year to be
done via the internet and computer. It is not fun to be in doors when Mexico is
outside.....not fun at all and hard to concentrate. Very hard. Your head is
just not there.
-I spied on my neighbour one morning, cutting cocos, with
his son helping (standing by anyway) I listened to them quietly chatting all
morning, like 2 people that were genuinely interested in each other. He wasn't
teaching him anything or expecting him to help, he was just chatting with him,
4 hours the kid stood on the truck, listening, talking, giggling and sometimes
even helping. I love watching him with his kids. I'm posting this because I
know if I asked him if I could he would say yes, I just didn't want to interrupt
them. We are good neighbors.
-As I write we are anticipating hurricane Sandy, I have my
emergency kit ready, toilet paper, yogurt
and fruit.....there was supposed to be a cake but.....not, and I've since eaten
my yogurt. We are not too worried. It's been on the news for a week now, they
change prediction every 1/2 day or so, you get tired of hearing about it and
soon become desensitized and stop listening. This how small villages are wiped
out and you watch the news and wonder "why weren't they ready?". This is why. By the time the hurricane got
there they've eaten their emergency kit.
-Sorry I've been so slow in updating this space but there is
that work thing looming over my head, i finally have a good excuse.
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| found this coconut blossom in the street already flat, perfect for hanging. |
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| Restaurant journal, should have had this years ago, this is what my child will inherit when I die, details about the best places to eat. |
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| Watching this man repair his nets is a wonderful thing |
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| When you have banana trees there is some work involved in keeping them. You have to trim the old leaves off |
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| 12 grs each, I am learning how to crochet granny squares (no pun here) I know most people do that when they are 12 but I didn't, I was busy running around in the bush making teepees.....which is a good skill to have too. |
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| Thanks to my house mate's girlfriends we are ready for Christmas |
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| My friend's new apartment. he says "come on up". I say "no, you come down" he says "you afraid of heights" I say "no my friend it is not the height I am afraid off" |
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| Me trying to take a selfie with my tio and me and his new duck, duck not cooperating. |
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| My neighbor and his son.....4 hours they spend on this truck. Look how he is sitting on his cutting board to anchor it. Smart he does this on his truck so that when he is done he can just drive to the dump and drop off the debri. Not his first day cutting cocos. |
