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New name, new address
A friend recently asked us to give refuge to a yellow-headed parrot that was threatened by his neighbors. We were excited to have a parrot. There was a problem though. He didn’t like men. It’s obvious that he had suffered from being mistreated. The parrot loved and trusted me but was jealous and obnoxious when Wally was around. I figured…
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Thursday lunch special – everybody is lunch!
If you sit still for a little while you will be surprised at what you will see. We sat down together to rest on the veranda. We turned our chairs to face the kitchen rather than the ocean. We were watching the parrot climb up and down the door frame. He maneuvers very well using his beak as another…
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Another Day
After the first two days of rain it stopped. This is the way it usually goes. Kind of like a lawn mower that’s been sitting all winter: takes a few pulls to get it started. Anyway, I’ve had time to catch up on some household chores. Put up some more hat hooks in the bathroom and installed a piece…
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Problems of paradise
One of the events of the rainy season is the flying termites. When the rains come the crowded nests get stirred up and some of the termites get wings and take off by the millions. What you have is a big mess because they die by the millions too and do you know what you get when…
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Unlike Spain, the rain in Aticama falls everywhere…
Yesterday in the late afternoon, the rainy season began. It was a symphonic experience. The sky slowly turned black then off in the distance, faint thunder sounded. I stopped, turned toward the hills and listened. Clouds had been rolling in towards the evening for over a week but no rain. I stood hoping for another sign. Once again…
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Variety as spice…
I’ve been glad to have Amaranth take care of the blogging for the past few days. I got too hot when I was burying the lines for the pump and I haven’t had a lot of energy. One nice benefit from having the extra pump is we have twice the water pressure we had before so…
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Parrot-parenting
Our new family member is becoming more relaxed and open to explore. We were told that he has lived in freedom, feeding himself and living outdoors, but he doesn’t fly. We put him in a large cage for the first day and then let him out during the day to explore the kitchen and veranda. He seems…
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Fresh flower jewels…
I had a very happy surprise on Sunday. Wally gave me a pair of earrings he designed and had a jeweler make. Each earring is an attractive clip fashioned from sterling wire that is meant to hold a natural flower. What could be a finer adornment? I wore plumeria and mandevilla yesterday and they smelled better than…
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Tick talk
Usually we take it easy on Sundays. Amaranth goes to the children’s mass in San Blas and I go to a nice restaurant that is peaceful and a good place to drop off into a meditative state. We did those things this morning and then I went to work. It’s the dry season so we have to…
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Bits and Pieces
Today we harvested ginger planted over a year ago from some bought in a market in Tepic. It’s not common to find it in Mexico. We enjoyed the plants for it’s handsome foliage. Eventually I cut the foliage back and it was dormant for about 6 months. A month or so ago I noticed some of the roots…