Warm Nights and Warmer Days

Dear One and all,

Three days have passed since my last communication and, frankly, little has occurred in our lives. Mother Nature, however, is warming up. It is not so much that the actual temperatures have changed dramatically, if at all, but the angle of the sun is sharper, lying on the beach seems hotter and light just seems brighter and more alive. I caught the foamy sea and this day cruiser in the bay

Despite the lovely days, the sea has been pretty wild, with a number of quite high tides spoiling the beaches of the surf-side cafes. While cafes suffer, it has been a great time for the boogie boarders. I caught this fellow in a squence of pictures and he rode the wave all the way to shore

In the last day or so, things have quieted down and with yesterday's earthquake, the seas have seemed to change their patterns once again.

We have been spending our days in a pretty regular routine. We sit and watch the ocean for about 90 minutes each morning, exchanging pleasantries with our friends, Art and Marilyn, from Vancouver, WA, with several of the vendors who now seem to just stop by, whether we are buying or not (usually not), and with Dave and Katie, who are slowly growing accustomed to doing little or nothing, day in and day out.

We had a nice dinner with them at Vitea on Sunday evening and stolled up to El Patio last night, introducing my brother to a quite flavorful beer, Minerva, that Polley and I discovered a couple of weeks ago. Dave and Katie have also been joining us for sunset each evening. Last night, while bright and clear, had little to dazzle us. Just a flaming orange ball that dipped beyond the horizon. Perhaps we are becoming a bit jaded to one of nature's great wonders. However, Saturday and Sunday, failed to disappoint. These three are from Saturday evening.

Clouds moved in on Sunday, but the effects were even more dramatic.

It is often not just the sky and the clouds, but the reflections off the water as well. It makes it very difficult to avoid the beach at sunset. If you are somewhere else, it always feels that you but be missing a spectacular show. With the arrival of Wednesday, we will be down to our final 3 weeks. We have dinner out tonight with our good Oregon friends, Pat and George, from Salem their friends, John and Molly, from Beaverton, along with Dave and Katie. I will try to remind myself to use the camera. MOre soon!

 

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