We were awake for the eclipse of the Blood Moon
on Sunday January 20th this year.
Now that we have an open roof top patio I am going to bring my tripod to Puerto Morelos so I can get better photos. It is not the same using the side of the building or a counter top for a stable surface to lean your camera when taking photos.
We needed to go to Cancun for hardware and groceries so we had our good friend and taxi driver Emilio take us. He is such a great shopper's helper.
Howard and Theresa enjoyed their day too. It is a treat to shop at Costco, it is interesting to compare the similarities and differences between ours in Sudbury and one in Mexico.
Allan looks like he has shopped until he is ready to drop
but Emilio looks like he is ready for more -
no slowing this guy down.
When you stop at a restaurant don't be concerned if you have to share your spot with a sleeping cat. This black beauty never woke up during our entire stay for lunch.
The streets in the Port have all been redone and the electrical wires are under ground. A beautiful change for sure.
The fish are on display at Chedraui's
Our second cat - this time a female for sterilization.
Our third cat was a feral male - man was he wild and ornery!
We have several vendors going up and down the streets
in the Colonia selling food, sharpening knives, delivering water, gas, etc. This one sells fresh fish, shrimps, crabs
and any other seafood that is in season. Allan bought 2 fish from him for dinner.
Later in the afternoon and just prior to going to pick up our fixed cat a storm came in,
it did end with a rainbow as seen in the next photo. You can see it faintly about centre of the pic.
Later that afternoon Allan BBQ'd our fish for dinner - They were very tasty. Fish tastes so different here than what we have a home - a much milder but larger flaked meat.
I have not taken pics of flowers in a while, I must start carrying my DSLR camera more often. It is a bit heavy so I have been lazy and carry my small point and shoot - it just doesn't get the photos as sharp as I want them.
There has been an unusual amount of rain here this winter - it seems that every day there is a down pour - not too long but enough to get you drenched.
We went to Chedraui's for groceries without our umbrellas of course. When we came out of the store it was pouring cats and dogs, many customers were waiting in the shelter of the store entrance until it stopped so they could get to their cars.
We waited too but ordered pizza from the Italian pizza place and had our dinner there. When the rain stopped we caught a taxi home.
A neighbourhood cat, who has been fixed by its owner, comes by for breakfast in the early mornings.
He is a nice old cat who talks to us when he arrives.
I treated him to a small bit of sardines along with the oil from the can. He cleaned it up and licked out the can. Then he had to clean himself of the smell.
Have you ever seen a tongue that long on a cat??
OMG - too funny! It is so long he could clean his ears without the use of a paw.
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Oh Wow - I am finally caught up!
Time is certainly flying fast - hard to believe March 6th is such a short time away - 6 weeks I think and we will be home. We have had an enjoyable time here this year as always, and with no illness, both of us are doing well. Allan is looking forward to getting home, but me? Not so much. All good things do come to an end though so I will drag myself home only to get ready to come back in 7 months. 😎
Take care, stay warm and stay safe. Keep smiling!
Thank you to everyone who sends little messages looking for my post updates. I am doing this blog for you but also for us as an electronic photo album/commentary of our time vacation away from home. One day when we are not able to travel any more we will always have this blog to go back and look at. So again I say thank you to each of you who give me gently nudges when my updates get behind.💓
