Phasing Out: Dramatic Skies and Pleasant Nights

One and all,

As we begin to approach our last week here, we have been enjoying the simple beauty of PV. Our days have been mostly uneventful. We are working feverishly to put the final touches on our tans. We want to be prepared for some serious, but understated gloating at the gym and in Pilates!

I did manage in our time sitting around to finish the Booker award winner, "The Luminaries," all 800 pages! I enjoyed 75% of it a great deal, but the ending (the other 25%) both Polley and I found very disappointing. Still it is quite an amazing accomplishment for someone who must have been about 23 when she started it. I have now switched to the 2nd Harry Potter book for a little relaxation. Polley is reading Gillian Flynn's "Gone Girl," which she is really enjoying.

Each evening of the last couple of days has consisted of trips to the Malécon or down on the beach. The nights are really turning lovely. It is beginning to feel more like January and February. You can also tell that it is changing because some of the regular "snow birds" from the US and Canada are showing up. There are certain people you come to recognize over the years and I am beginning to see their faces.

The night skies and sunsets have been very dramatic of late.

Two nights ago, there were even a few rain drops as some dramatic clouds move in

However, it soon cleared off and there was, to quote Tennessee Williams, "a tiny silver slipper of a moon."

Lst evening we were at Roberto's and Mother Nature, again, did not disappoint.

It started with this intense golden ball of fire forcing its way between the clouds, and then grew in color across the whole sky

Fabulous!

One of the other things we enjoy about sitting right along the Malécon, is that eventually you will see everyone you know pass by. Last night Ricardo, one of our wait-friends at Langosta, wandered by with his wife and new baby.