Change is in the Wind

Friends,

It has been 4 days since I last post. Little has occurred in that time, which is just the way we like it! OUr routine, which I went over a few posts ago, is about the same. The "Hounds of the Bastardville" are unleashed about 7 or 7:15 every morning so even if we chose to sleep in, there is no way to surmount the incessant barking. Actually, we tend to wake about 6:30 with the sun peeking in around 7:30. The change I refer to in the title is really about the air temperature. It has gotten warmer! While we still carry an extra layer with us in the evening, some nights it is nearly unnecessary.

Monday we had a nice early evening with our friends (and a former UP colleague) Neal and Judy Higgins. They invited us to have a drink with some Canadian artists, Jack and Lorraine, who are both quite well known potters from Toronto. Neal and Judy have moved into a new condominium unit and we had a nice evening out on their balcony. I took this picture of the sunset from there place.

Despite my best efforts to avoid another sunset photo, they seem to insist on my capturing them. From Época, our little beachside haunt run by a fellow from Portland, the sunsets are truly spectacular. Part of my fascination is with they way they keep evolving. You think you have caught the best moment,

and then it changes and another photo is called for;

soon another is required.

And then, almost as suddenly, it is gone! So, each evening that we are down there, I come home with half a dozen more images of the sunset.

Have eaten in the last couple of nights, just going out for drink. Have spent some lovely hours just sitting in our place or on the beach reading. We continue to whittle away at our stack of book. Have enjoyed "The Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet," "The Secret Scriptures," and "Let the Great World Spin." No real clunkers so far, but those three have been strong.

AS we stopped at Época yesterday we did capture a gathering (perhaps a "gaggle") of Red Hat ladies parading down the Malecon.

Very flashy and lively group.

As we left there yesterday and head up our hill, I did get a picture of one of the little kittens who had fitted him(her)self into a tree branch and was just gazing out at the world

Polley continues to feed them, but they are still very skittish and I don't know if we will ever gain their confidence to the point of actually petting them.

But most important, the weather is now grand. Nearly everyday is blue sky and their is hardly a cloud to be seen. Had dinner last night with Neal and Judy at a place call La Tia Catrina. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays dinners are half price! Really good food and our whole bill for food was about $8.00. It may become a regular Thursday night haunt.

Anyway, life is good and things are looking up for out last month in PV. More later