An Afternoon At Miramar

An Afternoon At Miramar

It was a lovely day today, so we decided to go and spent some time at the beach at Miramar. We hopped the bus uptown and then waited for the one that goes to Miramar. We walked the beach and picked up a few shells. The tide was low, so we had lots of nice sand to walk on. As usual there were hardly any people on the beach, (there were more sea gulls than people). It was a nice way to spend a relaxing afternoon.

Notice the hole in the rock in the center of the photo.

This morning I took some photos of the plants that are blooming right now.

I love the color of this geranium.

One of the blooms on the Jamaica plant. It's too bad they last for such a short time.

I made lasagna and garlic toast for supper and we also had some macaroni salad that Irene had brought up with some other food this morning. I wouldn't have had to cook as she brought up chicken and some roast; but I already had the sauce ready for the lasagna, so made it anyway. I may not have to cook for the rest of the week. Smile.

A lovely day for the 2nd of January.

Welcome 2007

Welcome 2007

Last evening as we watched the fireworks from our patio, we thought about all the changes that have happened in our lives in the last year. As the fireworks popped and cracked over our heads, we reminisced about the last year. This was our 2nd New Years Eve in Mexico and we have gone from being visitors to being happy and contented residents in this year.

We entered Mexico in October of 2005 and by January of 2006, we had already decided that we wanted to live here for longer than the 6 month winter vacation we had originally planned. We scoped out the city and ended up planning our new apt. at our landlords home. At the beginning of April, we returned to Canada for a fast paced spring/summer. We visited family, listed our home for sale/sold it, packed and sold our possessions. After an intense 3 months, we were ready to return to Mexico on a permanent basis. Our new apt. was not quite ready for us and we spent a couple of months in last winters apt. while we waited. We spent the time shopping and outfitting our new place, and moved in 2 weeks before we had to head up to Albuquerque, New Mexico. We spent the month of September there housesitting for a very nice couple. We visited with the homeowners from the previous house sit and met their new dog. We enjoyed our stay there and visited many wonderful sites. We returned to Guaymas, finished setting up our new home and settled in to enjoy life in the slow lane.

We have met some people, in person, through this blog and made some new friends. Others that we expected to met, have become missing in action, so to speak...as we have never heard from them again after they entered Mexico. What happened to them? Did they enjoy their trips? We will probably never know. We have met others online, through other blogs that we look forward to perhaps some day, actually meeting in person. We have met many friendly, wonderful people in our new home that have made our last year much more enjoyable than it would have been without them in our lives.

Words cannot convey how lucky and blessed we feel in being able to live our life the way that we are, in our new home. The people, the land, the weather, and everything else here never ceases to amaze us and bring joy to us.

What are our plans for 2007? So far, not too much that is written in stone. We will be returning to Albuquerque, New Mexico in April to house sit again for the first couple that we house sat for in October of 2005. We are looking forward to spending time with their dogs and visiting with our other house sit family and their pets. We also intend to head to Yuma, Arizona for a visit with some of Roy's family that winter there. We hope to do some travelling in Mexico, which we so far have not had time to do, due to our hectic schedule!!!

I am not sure that it is possible for 2007 to top 2006; but we will work on it.

We wish everyone, Peace, Joy and Happiness in the New Year.