Bear with Me

Dear Friends and Family,

I am trying this old blog program that I like, but have struggled with the last few months. This blog is a bit of an experiment. Bear with me!

It may be hard to believe, when two people have little else to do, but "settling in" seems to take longer each year. Of course, this year we have a new home, so discovering how things work slowed us down a bit. Also, Polley continues to battle some health issues. Nothing dramatic, just nagging and annoying! Our first week was a couple of visits to the doctor, some medicines and some time. Things are still not quite in balance, but we are being cautious and conservative in our treatment, unlike earlier in the year.

We very much like our new place

Pictured here is the living room. As you can see, it is to big to get into one shot. It is very Mexican in style and many of the furnishings and decorative pieces are from the owner, who lived in the place up until the first of the year. As this blog is an experiment, I am not going to load it with photos this time around until I gain a bit of faith in it.

I may have mentioned in the first blog that our only complaint is the noise. While we have walked down Calle Guerrero hundreds of times, but because we lived well off it, we had no idea how busy it is. People, gas trucks, the garbage men and taxis, coming and going at nearly all hours, except, perhaps bewtween about 1 am and 4:30 am. Actually, I enjoy it. I love to hear the men, women and children chattering away in Spanish all evening long. I watch the old men and women trekking up the hill as they have done for decades I am sure. You truly feel you are "not in Kansas anymore"! Polley prefers the tranquility of our previous abode. However, the spaciousness of the place, its convenience to restaurants and the beach along with the fact that a cab can drop us right at the door, seem to outweigh the nightime cacaphony.

The other news, is that, surprise, surprise, we have acquired a cat! Actually, the cat is Kira, the old cat from our previous location. Our landlord felt that she was kind of lost, with no real cat people currently staying at his place. So, with our slightly reluctant permission, he brought her, a little box and litter down on Saturday. So far, so good. Within a day, she had found a comfortable spot on the bed and has settled in much more quickly and easily than we did. This morning she did seem to be a little bit stir-crazy, as she had always been able to come and go as she pleased, but after half an hour or so, she was back on the bed resting. Because of the busy street, we are apprehensive about letting her out. She has only lived one place her whole life and it was very removed from traffic. We will see if she manages to control her wanderlust.

So, that is the latest. The weather has been a bit strange. Very warm, but somewhat more humid that we usually experience. It makes us wonder what May will be like. Stay tuned!

 

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