San Carlos Christmas Bazaar

Last Saturday was the annual Rescate Christmas Bazaar in San Carlos.

Anyone with anything to sell could rent a table and show their wares.  The Liga de Arte in San Carlos had an area and as part of the group I decided to take some paintings there this year for the first time.

The attendance at the Bazaar seemed good, I am not sure how sales were for other people; but sales were down for the Art League, or so someone said.  Not having been there before I have no idea.

I met some new people and chatted with others that I knew and the morning went by fairly quickly.

Trimming Palm Trees

We are very happy to be home again.  We have been away for 2 weeks looking after a dog for some neighbours of our friends.  Although not at home we haven't been far away, only over in San Carlos which is close in distance; but a world apart in lifestyle.

Here is a photo of our lovely companion of the last two weeks.

Gorgeous, isn't she?  She was a joy to be around and we are already missing her.

While we were over there I showed some of my paintings in an art show at a fund raiser and sold 1 oil painting and one pastel so I did alright.

This morning this fellow was trimming the palm trees.  I have no idea of how high he was; but believe me it was HIGH.  I think these people are amazing, as I don't even like being on a step ladder.

A Couple Of Photos From San Carlos

This post seems to have disappeared during the blogger outage so I am re-posting it.
At the tail end of Semana Santa we went over to San Carlos to look after our friends dog and cat while she went to Mazatlan to collect a friend that flew in there.  They wanted to stay and look around for a few days, so we got to spend some time with our favorite dog, Geordie and their cat also.
One morning I noticed the birds having a feeding frenzy, there must have been a school of some sort of fish there as they were having a great breakfast.

We spent some time watching the Osprey parents feeding their chicks, they have made/used a nest on a building crane for several years or more now.

I took this picture in her garden, I just thought it was pretty the way the Petunia was blooming right on top of the Broccoli.

Her Bird of Paradise flower is blooming right now and is beautiful.  I just love these blooms.

Naturally I had to take a few more pictures of Geordie.

San Carlos To Miramar

These pictures were taken, (from the car window, while driving so not the greatest), between San Carlos and Miramar on the road past the Delphinario.

Update on the new streetlight, it worked for 2 evenings and then died a sudden death. Landlord says that perhaps it needs a new bulb. Oh well, it was bright around here for 2 nights.

Fog In San Carlos

Fog In San Carlos

Yesterday morning we went over to San Carlos and had breakfast with our friends at their restaurant. After a good visit with them we headed over to the Belles Artes building to look at the new paintings on view in their gallery.

After we finished there we headed home, after a couple of stops to take some pictures of the fog bank that was hanging around. It was chilly there with the wind blowing off of the water.

There are lots of mountains behind all that fog.

Fog starting to rise.

A New Rose

A New Rose

Sometimes I think the hardest part about blogging is trying to figure out what to put in that "title" box.

Thursday was the day that I go to the orphanage, with the other ladies for the english classes with the children. As usual, it was a fun and interesting afternoon.

Unfortunately one of the restaurants in San Carlos has closed down, so yesterday they had a sale of some of their things here in Guaymas. Some of us went to see what was being offered and we all managed to get something. I picked up a couple of pie and cake pans in sizes that I was missing and also some foodstuffs. Then we went shopping downtown. We split up for awhile as I had to look for a birthday gift for the landlords grandson, whose birthday fiesta is tomorrow afternoon. I found a spiderman with some "oozing venom" and an ugly looking accomplice. Hopefully this is gross and ugly enough to make his 8 year old boy mind happy. I got it wrapped in matching spiderman wrapping paper and all the bows etc., that they put on the wrapping here. Looks pretty, as they always do, when you go to one of those places that do the wrapping for you. They do such a good job and are so reasonable I don't know why you would ever bother doing it yourself. Besides, nothing that I have ever wrapped has ever looked this good.

The wrapped gift, cost of wrapping, 12 pesos or about $1.20

Today I had an appointment out in San Carlos at 11 AM, so we decided to go out early and have breakfast at Marias Pizza. We visited a bit with our friend and by the time we were done eating it was time to head for the appointment. By the time I was done with that it was 1 PM so we headed in the direction of home with a stop off at a plant nursery. I picked up a few petunias and a really pretty rose with a wonderful fragrance. The rose was a bit less than $4.00 and the petunias were almost 80¢ each. Once we got home I transplanted everything so we have a bit more color on the patio now. It has been looking a bit drab since I chopped off all of the Jamaica a few days ago.

The new rose.

Walk On The Beach

Walk On The Beach

Yesterday we decided that we would go out to San Carlos and walk our friends dog one more time before she left. We made arrangements with her and she decided that she would be elsewhere when we arrived. We wanted to see how the dog reacted to us coming into the house without his owners around. No problems, the dog was happy to see us and we went for a nice walk along the beach. By the time we returned so had our friend so we chatted for awhile and then went to meet the people across the street.

These people are in need of someone to also care for their dog and their home while they are on holiday. They had someone lined up to do it; but unfortunately there was a tragic traffic accident about a week ago and they were both killed. Very sad. It was a shock to the community as these people seem to have been well known and loved by all. We did not know the couple but sympathise with their families.

We chatted with the new people, exchanging information and meeting their dog, who is an exuberant 1 yr. old. So, it looks like we will be spending over a month in San Carlos over the holiday season. We should be getting an ample amount of exercise with all the dog walking! We will be coming home sometimes during the day to keep our plants watered, etc., so it will be a different way to housesit.

After meeting the second set of dog owners, we headed over to the RV park and visited with our friends for awhile. Their dog had been very sick and now appears to be on the road to recovery. Unfortunately, they have decided to head up into Arizona at the end of the month, to spend the rest of the winter there. The vet. strongly recommended that they keep the dog out of the sea water and being that he is a water loving dog they are hoping to find a place to park along a river where he can be in the water and enjoy himself more.

Today we went to the tianguis and wandered around, it seems like there are more vendors now in the new area than there were in the old place or maybe it is that there are more now that it has cooled off and the Christmas season is coming up. We enjoyed wandering around and then headed back towards home with a stop off for lunch at our favorite shrimp taco stand.

Tomorrow we will again be going out to San Carlos to join our friends and enjoy a turkey dinner for the USA holiday. There were not enough snowbirds here yet in October to celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving, so we will be having ours tomorrow.

This weekend they will be holding the annual Shrimp Festival, so we will again be going out there. We really enjoyed the folkloric dancers and other talent displayed last year, so we are hoping that it will be just as good this year. Too bad all these activities couldn't have waited until we were living out there, it would have saved us some trips back and forth. Normally we don't go out there more than once every 2 or 3 weeks; but this last week or so it seems we have had to go every couple of days.

I finally managed to take the time to go and get a haircut late this afternoon and that sure feels better. I was beginning to feel like the shaggy dog in that long ago movie.

I hope that all the people in the USA enjoy their turkey tomorrow and that we are all smart enough to take some time and give thanks for all the good things we have enjoyed in the last year.

Gone Fishing

Gone Fishing

This afternoon we decided to get out of the house and go fishing. We asked Ciro and his son Ciro, who is on holidays right now, if they wanted to go with us. They did, so we headed out to San Carlos at about 3 PM. We decided to try out a different fishing spot today that Ciros friends had told him the fish were biting in. It was certainly easy on the eyes, as you can see in the photos below. We didn't catch a whole lot; but we did have lots of fun. I get as much enjoyment out of looking at the scenery as I do out of the fishing. Roy caught the first fish and then after that we all caught some. A great afternoon. We were still there at sunset so I tried to get a photo as the sun set behind Tetakawi mountain.

Saying Farewell

Saying Farewell

We managed to get the laundry done yesterday and some other housecleaning. Roy washed off the patio and also washed the car. A hard days work, ha, ha.

Today we had made plans to go for lunch with the people from Saskatchewan that are staying in the RV park in San Carlos. They have to leave for home on Thursday and we wanted to get together before they left. She runs a greenhouse there and needs to get back as she has to go and pick up some plants in Winnipeg by the end of the month. I don't envy them having to go back at this time of year. We met them and went for lunch and then went to a couple of shops and the Belles Artes to look at the paintings, etc.. By this time, it was time for me to go to spanish class, so we said our goodbyes and I headed to class. Roy took them back to the campground and then he returned home. We have enjoyed spending time with them and will miss them; although we will stay in contact by computer and possibly Skype.

It looks like we will be going to the Baja to do a housesit after we return from Albuquerque at the end of April. The Baja sit is supposed to be for 2 months, from the middle of May to the middle of July. We will probably bus south to Los Mochis and then take the ferry over to La Paz. We have been wanting to take the ferry over to Baja, so this will be a perfect time to do it. We are looking forward to it and hopefully it won't fall through.

I have homework to do for tomorrow, so time to get at it.