another pool party..!

This party at Los Tortugas was to welcome Linda's friend Dwight to town.......and she even did some drumming of her own with Jenine rocking on the harp and a drummer and guitar........











Lots of friends showed up with amazing food, music and great conversations.










And of course there was some serious dancing going on..........












Patty, Kim, Emily, Miki and Richard watch the show......














Jenine and Rob on harps and vocals............














Linda, Mary, Sylvie and Shelly dance up a storm.........











Peter brought his guitar and joined in, and that is Dwight on the bongo....












David and Daryl.............











Patty, Jenine and Shelly..........a fun night!!!!!
Also, sadly, the last night here for Mick and Bev - safe travels, my friends!!!!

movie night and new arrivals!

We have an annual "movie night" with Mick and Bev - last year was at their place, this year at ours.....outside in the cool(er) evening air by the pool - and in the pool......LOL








We had a great spaghetti dinner first and then moved to the back courtyard to watch the movie - moved the computer and TV outside and it was lovely....even Botas got into the act.......











Daf and Miki cuddle up during the movie.........












Ooooops - I think Mick fell asleep with all that wine and rum........maybe Botas will kiss his toes to wake him up.........











And Saturday night Rebecca and Tony arrived from Vancouver.....happy to be back in the heat and in their condo at Bucaneros!!!











After Miki got off at the bookstore we all headed to Cantina Habarnero for a great burger and welcoming drink!! Happy to see you two back!!!!

More spaying/neutering......!!

Our friend Dinah, who is the gal who organized the last clinic here - and the next one this month - gave me 5 new traps. I was able to trap 4 cats - 2 males, 2 females (both of whom turned out to be pregnant) and they all went to Giellermo (known as Memo) for their operations. Here they all come home again at the end of the day..........









Vet Memo is a lovely guy, and very involved in the Spay Mexico clinics - here he is working on Whiskers......who is a very wild cat and gave Memo a run for his money just getting him anaesthetized........!










3 of the patients already done, waiting to go home.











This is one of Memo's own pets - a very sweet friendly boy with tiny ears....me - "why are his ears so small?" - Memo - "someone found him and brought him here and some idiot had cut his ears off....." so he became a family pet after his recovery. Some people......:-(







and here they are in the "recovery room" for the night - our shower stall. All covered so they stay warm, separated from each other - they are all feral - and calm, while they sleep off their medications. Next morning they were back outside and all are happily eating at our feeding station every day. Cats don't hold grudges.....:-) One cat can produce 300 kittens in their lifetime, so we have drastically reduced the population again. Stay tuned - another clinic on the 18th!!!

Dancing in the square...!

A fabulous dance troupe came to PM the other night to perform the native dances from many regions around Mexico. Every state has its own unique costuming and style of dancing, and these 12 people did an amazing job of demonstrating them all!








There were men and women in a variety of groupings, but I just loved all these colourful women's dresses.........














Fabulous dancing.......





and at one point several dancers came into the audience and got people up to dance with them. Here is Robin with his dance partner.........
















He did really well doing the steps...........












After the dancers were finished, there was an impressionist who sang and did a variety of personalities the locals all knew......we retired to the bar for a drink and listened from afar.....








Took Botas for a walk on the beach this week and a meet and greet with Robin and Steve's 2 dobermans.....yah, that didn't last very long, our boy has fear and socialization issues - but he LOVES the sand, the water and running himself silly on the beach......









As this was the beach in town, I just had him on a leash, not his usual long rope we use at south beach where there are no dogs and few people. Soon his new Dad Josh will be here doing his walks.........











Botas waiting patiently with his favourite ball for Josh.........

Jypsy and the beach bar.......

Newly composed band in town......Jypsy.......made up of Peter Pope, guitar and vocals, Aniko on violin and vocals and Stein on percussion. Great blend of musicians with a unique sound!!!












Peter is from England/Mexico, Aniko is from Hungary, and Stein is from Norway.....truly an international group!!!













Jypsy now plays Wed. afternoons at the Beach Bar and Sundays at Cantina Habarneros!!











New and improved Beach Bar....now called Unico.....is twice the size, great swing seats, nice bar, and lots of comfy chaises and palapas to sit under.










Licensing issues delayed the opening of this great bar but now that it is open, it is being well used. We went down with Murielle for an afternoon - picnic lunch from home, margaritas from the bar, and lots of sun.....!











Miki and Murielle under the palapa (40 pesos for the day) and we brought our own chairs. The chaises rent for another 40 p each.













Great spot on the beach..........











and such a beautiful beach it is......spent lots of time in the warm water..........









this is one of two wooden walkways being built as public access to the beach. A huge stucture with room to bring your chair and watch the sunrise or sunset.....and both stairs and handicapped ramp.....yay!!! For when we are in our wheelchairs 20 years from now........










Here is the walkway from the road.....really excellent work and design. We love that all our beaches are open to the public.....no "private" beaches in the area at all.

dinner.....

We had a lovely burger barby at Mick and Bev's last night, with Ingrid, Sidney, baby Lumen, Cheryl, Vanessa and little Piper........you can see what I got distracted by.....












Lumen stole the show, I'm afraid - no nice pics of the dinner or the other guests, just moms and kids.........










Cheryl and Piper........















Lumen in the porch hammock....one baby hammock going home with this family for sure!!!













Gorgeous late afternoon view from Bev and Mick's balcony..........









Vanessa and Piper......


It was a fun dinner despite no evidence of the great food!!!!