Dear Friends and Family,
The silence that has eminated from PV is just our quietly doing our thing. Life here has been quite uneventful. The last of our regular buddies have headed north. We had a nice dinner with John and Mollie, friends from Beaverton last Monday. They packed up their car on Thrusday and headed for the border.
Since then we have been on a pretty regular routine. I get my 4-5 miles in every morning, usually trying to combine it with some practical errand: groceries, cat food, more wine! We have also been enjoying a half hour to 45 minutes in our new lounge chairs. Strong sun shines in the back patio beginning about 10:30 in the morning. After that we make sure that we get in our prescribed medication: "A Margarita a Day, keeps the Mexican doctor away!" We have become such regulars at our local haunt, La Fuente del Puente, that when Polley checks on the "sopa del dia," the soup of the day, they just ask her what she might fancy, and make it up to order.
Afternoons are for siesta and a bit of reading. Lately, we have given ourselves a break by tuning into CNN for an hour or so, feeling some obligation to check on the world. However, after three consecutive nights of protests in Baltimore, we decided the necessity to "check in" was a little less important.
Friday, we revisited an old favorite, El Patio de mi Casa. It is a bar/pizza place just down the hill. After years of being nearly nightly visitors to El Patio, we had a less than satisfactory meal there in February and had not been back since. Funny how quickly a bad experience, despite how often you previously visited, can turn you off. We so love the setting and the people there, that we decided to give it another go. I am pleased to report that the food was once again, good. The added plus this time was a visit from a cat who jumped down from an apartment above and settled in to a nearby planter.
While he is looking quite alert in this photo, a few minutes later he was completely flaked out.
Speaking of cats, our house sitter, Sam, sent us a wonderful picture of our own Quirk.
Apparently within minutes of an Amazon delivery, he had taken possession of the box!
I guess I will continue with the cat theme, if you will indulge me for a moment longer. Each morning on myu walk, I cut through the little park that is on the island that divides the Rio Cuale, just below our place. There must be in excess of 100 cats on the island. I caught a number of them appreciating a work of art the other morning
Actually, I think they were impatiently waiting for a blond-haired lady, who regularly feed them, to arrive.
Lastly, we have taken to ending most evenings down on the Malécon for a couple of beers, some serious people watching (mostly Mexicans as there are very few of us Gringos left), and, of course a sunset or two (limit one per night). The weather lately as been a little strange, with a good number of cloudy evenings. However, a few nights ago, I did get this dramatic puesta del sol\
That is the "Pirate Boat" silhouetted to the right. And last night, I caught a large cruiseship head toward the sun as it began its descent
So, little that is really different, but, somehow, we are happy with the patterns of our daily lives. I promise more soon, but I am not sure I can guaranteed much variety. All, take care.
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