the critters...!

Our feline menagerie has grown to 10 street cats and our 1 dog, botas. Here is our black kitten, Negro (which is Spanish for black, and is pronounced Naygro) with one of the new arrivals - a tabby and white cat, of whom there are 2 who have to be litter mates, as they are identical.





On the way to lunch yesterday, this beautiful friggate bird was cruising overhead - they are such amazing fliers.











The wee kitten Latte has a new name - Chi'iki - (pronounced Cheekee) courtesy of Lee, who said he reminds her of the coatamundis, or in Spanish Tejone. The Mayan word for tejone is chi'ik, and with his long tail and stripes, he does indeed look more like a coati than a cup of coffee.... : P

Here is another quick shot of one of the tabby sister...or brothers.....???? They are terribly skittish, so as soon as this one heard the camera turn on, she was already turning to bolt.

Social times!

We set up some visits with friends that Lee, staying with us from Ek Balam, also knows.



Diane dropped in to John Gray's Mother in Law's for lunch and a visit, and then had to head back to bake for Mama's.






Rob and Joanne dropped by for a visit and a drink too.






Now, I have to apologize for this photo. We attended a video and Q & A about the research our friend Jill has done on the caves in the area. Here is the brief explanation of the presentation - Crustacea is a submerged cave, located near Puerto Morelos. It is full of a rare crustacion called a remipede, which was discovered and named by Jill. In addition, a number of other endangered creatures inhabit this cave. Because of this biodiversity, this cave, and others in the area, are in danger from the developments happening in the region. In addition to (Dr.) Jill, Olmo Torres Talamente from the local university, UNAM, and other cave specialists attended this meeting and answered many questions from the audience.













After the film, we headed over to David Lau's to listen to Kathy's band, and were joined by Lauren. Had supper there and enjoyed visiting and listening to the music.