friends and the beach

I have posted this set 4 times now and the pics are not showing up, so will post fewer and see if that is the problem.....!
We had dinner with Linda and her bff from teen years, Susan.










Murielle joined us at David Lau's and Valorie spoiled us, of course.












Finally got Murielle out to the beach.....ah, our beaches are so lovely this time of year when they are not full of tourists.....but we do love our tourists, too!!!!!












Yep - feet in the warm Caribbean sea, all the way from Grande Prairie!!











The main dock in town..............














the crooked lighthouse, which from this angle doesn't even look crooked......













Grabbed a refreshment at Merkadito (used to be the Mother in Law's) - great tostadas and service from our friend Delores!!

Murielle arrives!!!

Here comes Murielle (our house sitter from last winter), all the way from Great Slave Lake, via Edmonton and Toronto...into the heat of Mexico. We JUST got out of the airport, into the car, and a few blocks away, before the heavens opened and Murielle got her first taste of a torrential tropical rain storm.









But we made it to our place, where we had a coffee and waited for the rain to abate before taking her to Casitas Kinsol, where she will be for a month.













She got settled in, had a nap, and then we went for dinner at Pelicanos, where owner Damian joined us and even gave us a free Mayan coffee.......!











Yummy - coffee, kaluah, brandy, ice cream...........














Then Damian invited us up to his room and played his harp for us.......it was an amazing evening and a wonderful welcome to PM for our dear friend................!

Halloween in PM

Halloween night was a dress up party at Cantina Habarneros.....!!!!

We met Marilyn Munro (Linda) at Cantina Habarero for dinner and fun.........

















Cettina had been in some dreadful car accident......LOL










Naty's little ones, Jessily and Jeremy, were doing the trick or treat circuit........













with some of their goulish friends.........











and then there were the adults.......Frank and Susan...................















Robin and Batman........Mayan style............












Little gobins trick or treating............











The Fire performers - that ball of fire came out of his MOUTH, after sucking in a mouthfull of gasoline...............................












Juggling fire.....so amazing........












A firey hula hoop - this girl knows how to live dangerously..........












Another fire juggler......wow.......











Cantina Habarnero was the place to be on the 31st............













Linda (alias Marilyn) and Mike, the ballet dancer............his 43th year in this outfit - and look at the size of this Texan....who is going to tease him.....??? NO ONE

















Costumes abound............................
















Josh strutting his stuff..........













Cettina and Amber........












they look way too happy for how sick they look...........












The band Vertigo delivered the BEST rock and roll....!!!!!!!!












We had conquistadors....................







and lots of dancing.....altho we all ended up on the street where there was lots of room to dance.........................such a great night!!!!

Cats, dogs and friends!

Yah, yah, you see a lot of kitties on my blog........love them all!!! This is one of our new ones this year...a sweet young calico.............













The calico and a young black on the car....................














Saturday night we went to David Lau's for dinner with friends and Valorie and Les met us at the door in......gasp!!!.......Boston Bruins Grey Cup t-shirts!!! And they call themselves friends.....????










Miki says no way Jose this year...............!!!!












It was great to see our gang again....Bill, Sharon, Les, Diane and Jill....and Valorie spoiled us rotten, as usual.










Oh - turns out there are TWO kittens under the car......so when we have to use "the nursery" we put the kittens in a cat carrier on our porch where mama cat can still get to them. Too lovely.












Brunch on Sunday was a magnificent feast at Sandra and Dan's.............









Margaritas, great food, great company..........












So fun to see our dear friends again.......















and their patio is the perfect place to spend time over wonderful food. Thanks you two!!!









oh, and they have a house full of dachsunds..........this is the matriarch at 17.......














and another..........












and another...........















You may remember that our street dog Botas spent the summer at Jungle Camp with PM's own dog trainer, Carlos...................














....an amazing guy who currently houses no less than 12 rescue dogs. Botas had a great summer with him on his huge walled property in the jungle.....














But I think it is safe to say this is one happy boy to be back with his gringo moms for the winter.......:-)