Another social week!

Our friend Lauren was here again from NY State for a week, and generously took us for breakfast on the day she had to fly home - thanks, Lauren. Come back soon!

Valerie from Victoria was also here again this week with her dear buddy from Ontario, so we joined them for a drink after work one night.

Helen and Rick came back to our casa and we enjoyed a great chicken lunch from the coolness of the pool!

Before they headed back to Cancun, we had drinks at La Suerta after Rick shopped for his handsome silver bracelet and Helen indulged in a lovely dress and jacket from Sofia's shop.

Day at the beach

Went to one of our favourite haunts for lunch the other day and enjoyed a quiet afternoon at the beach.

Sailboats were enjoying the breeze

Fish boats and snorkel boats at rest

Oh - and look - a snorkel boat the same name as grand daughter Vanessa!!!!!

The Mural

While Miki was off in Ek Balam, I decided to paint our back pool wall with a beach scene. Voila!!!

It is intended to be a view from a patio, with curtains on either side. Next year I will add a palm tree and a couple of beach chairs!







This is what the real thing looks like , so you kind of have to use your imagination, but not bad for a first attempt!

"The artist" in residence.........:P

Victoria visitors!

Our dear friends Helen and Rick arrived on Saturday for a month. They have a timeshare where ours is in Cancun, so we joined them there for lunch on Tuesday.

Their suite is lovely and when their daughter and son in law come down next week, they will share it with them.

The view off the balcony.....ah, that amazing turquoise never fails to impress me, even after 10 years of coming here.

Puppy rescue

This dear little puppy is one of a litter from Genesis, our friend's resort in Ek Balam, where Miki has been helping out for the past few weeks. A guest and her daughter fell in love with her, and decided to take her home to Washington DC. They still had 3 days of touring to do, so paid for Miki to bring Puppy to our house on Sunday and then picked her up on Monday and flew home out of the Cancun airport. She is just 6 weeks, but cute as a bug's ear!

Of course Chiik knew immediately that as cute and small as she was, she was still a DOG, so took his time getting close and being ok with being in the same room.

This is as close as they got - with Chiik pretty pissed that Puppy was on HIS bed with HIS Mom, but they worked it out.

Botas was fine with Puppy of course, but Puppy took one look at Botas and must have thought "Mama!!!" and cried to get to him.

It was a very long night with Puppy playing, needing to cuddle (she left her mama and litter mates Sunday for the first time) but the good news is that her flight home was just fine - she slept most of the way under her new owner's seat) and their young beagle is thrilled with her new sister!! Happy ending all round. Another Mexican dog gets a good home!

Easter!

Mexico being a Catholic country, Easter is BIG here. Everyone has had 2 weeks off, the schools closed, with parades, umpteen church services and even a full reinactment of JC being tried, nailed to the cross (not literally, thank goodness!) and dragging his cross through town.

The bishop came and in the town square they took down the basketball posts, built a stage and had a full mass, complete with baptisms, confirmations - the whole enchilada.

The square was packed with locals, taking part in this ceremony.

This isn't a great shot, but gives you an idea of how full the square was.

Marina fun

We had a nice visit with Ken and Becka, Dar and Art on their wonderful sailboats, moored at the El Cid marina . El Cid is a huge timeshare just south of town, with a beautiful marina built in behind a seawall. We had great munchies, great drinks and got to know each other.

This is Ken and Becka's 37 ft sailboat, which they live on about 8 months a year.

This is Darlene and Art's 44 foot boat, on which they live on and off in about 3 month stints.

Ken and Art camping it up!

Rebecca and Becka.