3 Kings Day

On our day off, we did our usual WalMart/Costco run, but on the way out of our neighbourhood, here is one of the local horses, tethered in a grassy field. They are all over the Colonia - wherever a vacant grassy space is, there is usually a horse tethered there, enjoying his food.







Today is 3 Kings Day, a big celebration day and the day when most Mexican children are given their Christmas presents. There are huge family dinners, and on one corner, here were a group of men preparing a whole pig for the feast later in the day. Every Mexican family in Walmart were buying Rosca cake, to be served tonight. Inside the cake a tiny figure of Jesus is buried and whomever gets the figure in their piece of cake has to prepare a feast on Feb. 2, which is the last day of Christmas celebrations.







Then it was off to the airport to meet our friend Lee, coming back from the Ontario cold after visiting her family for Christmas. The Cancun airport is very spiffy these days - a big change from 10 years ago when we first flew in here. We had lunch at a little cafe, watching the arrivals board, as her flight had been delayed an hour and a half.






But here she is, finally, glad to be back in the heat of Mexico!!!! Had a quiet evening at home, getting caught up and being entertained by the kitten Latte.

The new year

New Years day was very quiet.....we didn't get home until after 2:30 AM!!!!!!, so slept in and when dinner rolled around Miki went down to the end of our block and bought 2 hamburgers, with all the trimmings and an order of french fries - from Jo, our localbugermeister!!! All for 25 pesos ($2.50 Can) each!!!




Jan. 2 we invited Ed, Kevin and Dominique for lunch - lovely barbequed chicken, pork tacos, and grilled fish on corn tostados! Here we are by the pool enjoying the sun and some beverages.












In the house, we posed for a joint pic on the timer, for the first time - thanks, Kevin, for figuring this out for us.....!~

















Our dear street dog, Botas, is recovering well from his mange, parasites, worms, etc. and is happy to have his dinner every night at our house.

Happy 2010!!

New Years Eve was wonderful - check it out below at the link. We spent the first day of 2010 at home by the pool, being entertained by Latte.








He is curious about the pool, and started out on the first step.......


http://www.picasaweb.google.com/daffinparksville/newyearsevepuertomorelos













Had to have a break to think it over .......!








Then curiosity overcame his fears and here he is, proud as punch to be with his Moms.







Ok, I'm out of here, now that I have done my work out. Happy New Year, everone!

An evening out!

After another 6 hour marathon in Cancun doing shopping for 4 sets of people, we met Susanne and Susana for supper at John Gray's Mother In Law's on the beach! From upstate New York, these gals are appreciating the heat and the ambience of our small town.













Spicy pork tacos and of course wonderful margaritas were a great treat.







We dropped in to the bookstore to say hi to Rob and Jo, and our favourite street band was performing for diners on the street.









It always inspires someone to get up and dance - like these 2 happy people at Triny's!!!

Boxing Day

There has been an unusual amount of rain since we had our little palapa built, so we took advantage of 2 days without rain (supposed to be more on the way tonight or tomorrow) to paint the cement with sellador, a clear sealer that you mix with water on a 5 - 1 ratio. After it is dry and sealed, it can then be painted.













Miki is hard at work on the top half, and since the photographer, who is painting from the step ladder on the deck level works in the nude, she will remain out of the photos. Oh, and did I mention I HATE painting and have a perfectly wonderful son in Vancouver who paints for a living and could have been here doing this for us?????










Ok, maybe just this one, taken Christmas day evening, with the wee kitten Latte sleeping on my neck.

Navidad cheer

Our dearest friend, Valorie, whom some of you have even met, made us each one of her legendary margaritas at David Lau's on Christmas day.






Ricardo was even decked out in a blinking santa hat....!




And our "boys" at Yodi's Biergarten were all smiles too!!














Then it was home to Christmas dinner, followed by a bottle of bubbly on our patio, having called our Toronto family and talked with Carl, Alice, Carolyn, Dan, Julianna, Dan, Alice's Mom, and son Jason in Vancouver. We surely do miss family at this time of year - Jutta, Andrew, Vanessa and Jonah are up in a Mount Washington chalet for Christmas, and Amber and Nicole are with their Mom Kerri on Mayne Island.

Feliz Navidad!

Christmas morning Miki made us a lovely brunch by the pool. We had a lazy day at home and then went to town to enjoy some Christmas cheer before we started our dinner.




Miki showing off her best Christmas smile at David Lau's, which was properly decorated, complete with Scottish tartans and stockings (bearing in mind this is a Chinese restaurant, in Mexico....:-)














Daf also posed for her Xmas photo




And then we went home for a decidedly non Xmas, non Mexican dinner of rib eye steaks, potatoes and onions done on the barby and a loaf of fresh baked German rye sourdough.