Finding WiFi...

Ah...it all seemed so easy when we thought of it...posting blogs daily and keeping you all in touch with daily doings. WiFi is quite scarce around town, and is needed in order to download our photos onto our blogsite. We dragged the laptop to supper last night, hoping to use the Santa Fe Hotel router again (long, dusty, hot trek across town) and somehow couldn't get a signal. Frustrating, when you are all ready to send news! And...it's all part of being somewhere that is mostly "off the grid." From now on we will attempt Sabbath Blogs on Sundays, so you all will not get too frustrated checking for us and will know when to visit the site!

The first photo is our beloved "palapa" above our first residence near Playa Carilizallilo, accessed by an interior spiral staircase up to the roof. It is there that I sketched and painted daily, until we moved across town to our new dwelling (photos soon). I would go up there early and watch the sunrise, for quiet reading and reflection, then retreat in the heat of the day after morning swim for artwork and writing.

The second photo is "un artista" (same for male/female) who spreads his wares on the street, holding a painting of his we purchased. Notice, if you can see the details, the ubiquitous skeletons (this time playing saxaphone!) which are so much a part of Mexican folklore, spirituality and art. I met a woman artist from Chicago who was working on a wonderfully bizarre watercolor of dog skeletons (inspired she said by all the Crazy Dogs of Puerto, which run all around town).

Then you see me working on a small watercolor of some pinkish flowers I spotted in a poolside pot, and then a gecko inspired by the numerous geckos who skitter across the walls and night and eat mosquitos. They emit a loud "chirpchirpchirp" that sounds like a bird, and totally incongruous with their small size. They are actually almost "albino" in color (the green is "artist priviledge").

I am hoping that you each had a sweet Valentine's Day. Chris and I exchanged homemade cards near the beach at sunset....still in love, and so grateful to be here together.