Welcome to March! Well so
far there hasn't been warmer weather. We are still getting a lot of
cloud cover due to the low that is pushing rain into Los Angeles and
San Diego. The cold north wind is blowing so
things haven't changed. Actually for a couple days we really had to
bundle up as the temperature at night dipped down into the upper 40's
low 50's. Now THAT is cold for here. We know it won't last long but
it seems as though our weather is like a month behind. Not
complaining as I know it doesn't do any good, just looking forward to
warmer weather.
Dave keeps busy with his
jig saw puzzles in the garage below the house. He has a makeshift
table made with 2 sawhorses on each end of a piece of wood. He is
also revamping his workshop area. I on the other hand go to my art
room and create whatever strikes me. I have been making necklaces
and earrings and finished a candle holder. I liked it so much I
decided to embellish the other one I had made to make it look bigger
and better.
Our friends from San Diego
are here for a few weeks with their dog Maggie. We love having them
here as they are great friends and we take beach and dessert walks.
They have had to put a shock collar on Maggie because she will take
off running into the water after the birds and won't listen to the
calls to bring her back to shore. One time, last year, Maggie swam
out so far she had a hard time coming in as the current was taking
her further out to sea. Luckily our gate guard got in a kayak and
got a hold of her collar and brought her back to shore. She just
goes berserk when she sees birds. They don't like using the shock
collar and most of the time they just beep her and she comes back.
But when she doesn't listen and continues going further from shore
she gets shocked. She is actually doing so much better this trip.
Our gate guard, Tito and
his wife Brenda, still have the Chihuahua puppies. They are promised
to family when they get big enough, but I don't think Brenda wants to
give them up. It is a huge concern down here to have small dogs
running around because the coyotes are very brazen and they come
right up to the house. They lost 2 cats to the coyotes. The puppies
are so cute you just want to hold them and have thoughts of getting
a puppy. Then the thought passes.
I have been playing
Mexican Train domino game every Thursday at a restaurant in town. It
gives them business and we don't have to host a game in our homes.
I was playing only half days and then grocery shopping afterward, but
now I am back to a full day of playing which starts at 9:30am and
goes until 2:00pm and we break for lunch at noon. No time to get
grocery’s as it would put me home too late. So I am back to
Saturday shopping. One week we had only 4 people playing. The next
we had like double that. So people are starting to come back to
Bahia for the Spring.
Another one of our San
Diego friends are down here with family for about 3 weeks. They have
a lot of work to do on the house but it sure is good to have them
here. The neighborhood is almost full. Our neighbor Joanne just got
here from Palm Springs and will stay until it gets too hot.
Because our San Diego
friends, Phil and Creela came back this spring, those of us who are
here, decided to get together and celebrate. So we had a pot luck of
heavy snacks and had a wonderful time catching up with everyone.
Phil and Creela are getting up in age and can't do a lot of things
they used to and Phil had a stroke a couple years ago and is limited.
So it does get harder to do stuff down here when you are limited.
They love it here and glad they can come back to enjoy.
Today, the 15th
is my oldest son, Ernie's birthday. Happy 43rd!!!!
I have been busy making
mobiles from wood, shells, and anything else I can hang on fish line.
I think they look kind of kool.
After that I decided to
make another candle holder but for a short tea candle. It turned out
pretty good but it took me a while to decide how to put it all
together. I got the idea in bed the other night. Good thing I
remembered it because we all know that if you think of things at
night, and don't write it down, it disappears. Ha!!
I also made an earring holder out of dry cactus stem and a shell. Something different.
There is a Easter Egg hunt
and party across the bay from us on April 1, we have been invited to
attend. You don't have to make an Easter bonnet, but I will. At
first I wasn't too enthusiastic to do so, but then I started thinking
and came up with a great idea. Well I think it was a great idea. It
has 5 chicks and a hatched Easter bunny in the middle of the top of
the hat. Then plastic eggs hang from the brim. This is the front of the hat.
This is the back of the hat.
This is the back of the hat.
Today is the 25th
and my youngest son just turned 41. Boy they are getting old!!!!
Heheheheh!! Happy Birthday Jon!!!
I was talking about warmer
weather and how I wish it would warm up? Well you have to be careful
what you wish for as today it was in the 90's with not much of a
breeze. Summer is here!!!!! But wait, it changed the next day as we
had cloud cover and it looked like it was going to rain but didn't.
We didn't get much solar today, but thank goodness we have the new
panels as it still charges the batteries even on cloudy days. Dave
did have to start the generator and run it for about a half hour, but
that was all. Today I washed clothes and we actually got sunshine
but the wind came up and we are back in a cool spring time weather
pattern.
The other night Dave and I
were watching the news when I looked out the window and saw this huge
cloud form. It was awesome and never to be duplicated ever!!!!! A
lot of people took pictures and some called it a lenticular cloud,
which is a low cloud over a mountain that looks like half a circle.
This wasn't it. Whatever it was, was amazing.
Samana Santa has started
here in Mexico. That is the week before Easter when most Mexican
families go on vacation. We get quite a few tourists in town and
they love riding their dirt bikes in the dessert and on the beach.
We really don't have anything to say about them being on the beach,
but we try to remind them that the beach isn't for vehicles. Not
like it is in California. Because we are having nice low tides now,
a lot of people are trying to get to the beach for clamming and try
to come through our gated community. Luckily Tito keeps them out and
shows and tells them where they can access the beach that isn't on
private property.
My back is not quite 100%
but close to it. I am able to walk 4 miles now without it hurting.
I do put an ice pack on it just as precaution when I get home, but I
am really thankful and pleased it is feeling good. I still can't sit
or stand too long, which was why we never took the boat around the
world. But we are enjoying our retirement life.
We are having summer like weather for a few days. It has been really nice with temperatures in the 80's during the day and low 70's at night. It will change soon I know, but for now we are enjoying it. The water is warming up and we have lots of stingrays breeding near shore. I'm not too anxious to get in the water yet!!!
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