Sunset on the Beach

The other day we went out to the beach at Miramar to watch the sunset.  It wasn't as fantastic as it could have been as there weren't too many clouds; but it was still pretty.

Early Morning Visitor

We have a few chickens that live in the streets around our place here, everyone feeds them, who knows if anyone actually owns them. The last few evenings we have noticed that one of them likes to come and hang out on the landing of the stairway up to our apartment.  Last night we noticed that she had decided to roost for the night on the railing there.

We get up fairly early in the morning and it is usually dark when we take our first coffee out onto the patio to drink and watch the sunrise.  This morning the chicken decided to come up onto the patio and check us out.

I was busy getting the garbage ready to go out as it is garbage day, seeing as we have very few bugs up here, we have the door open a lot at this time of year.  I turned around when Roy yelled something and saw the chicken beginning to come inside the apartment to join me.  I like animals, birds, etc.; but didn't particularly want Ms. Chicken inside the apartment.  I shooed her outside thinking she would run away; instead she stood just outside the door, softly chattering to me until I went and got some soda crackers and gave her an early morning snack over on the roof of the landlords house.

After that she began following me around, wherever I walked on the patio she followed.  It was pretty funny, so I turned on the patio lights and took a couple of pictures of her.

She seemed quite happy to have company and kept up a soft chatter with us for quite awhile before she headed downstairs.

A comical beginning to the day.  Hmmm, I wonder if she was trying to tell me the sky was falling???  Maybe we should call her Henny Penny???

Ms.  Chicken AKA Henny Penny

Sunrise From Our Patio

This morning there were quite a few clouds, so I got out the camera expecting a lovely sunrise.

I have to say it exceeded my expectations.  What a beautiful way to start the day.

It is now clear and sunny with a faint breeze.  Lovely day.

Hope you enjoy this as much as we did watching it.

Floral Arrangements

Our landlady came up this afternoon and invited us to a surprise birthday get together for a friend this evening.
I had been busy all day getting some of my artwork ready to go to a sale tomorrow in San Carlos, doing laundry and other assorted things and was not really interested in heading uptown to shop for a birthday gift.
Instead I went over to the closest florist shop to us which is maybe 6 blocks away.  I had never really bought a floral arrangement here and wasn't sure what to expect price wise; but I had hopes that I could get something for this evening.
The shop was very busy as they were getting prepared for 2 weddings; but they took the time to make an arrangement for me.
As I really wasn't sure what I wanted the lady showed me some photos on their Facebook page, I picked one and they gave me a seat to wait for what they said would be 15 minutes.
Well, about 10 minutes later I walked out of the shop with the arrangement below.
I thought it was pretty and appropriate for a ladies birthday.
Damage to the wallet was minimal, 200 Pesos or approx. $15.37 CAD.  I was happy, I hope the birthday lady will be.