Ahh...We made it. - July 11, 2012

Our ritual morning begins, drinking coffee while waiting for the sunrise.


Today is overcast so we may not see the sun for some time. Sometimes you just have to sit back and accept things as they come.

Before long Mike hops up to replace the dimmer switch in the dining room followed by a quick sanding and coat of paint on the front door. Phyllis continues the cleaning she and Mike started yesterday. Normally our house has been cleaned by Teresa before we hit the threshold. We have been spoiled. There we so many big fat dead bugs they blocked the vacuum cleaner. Tomorrow will will continue to jump into house maintenance chores like painting. We need to get some work done before our nephew Greg arrives next week. So far the rain has been fairly well-behaved. It rained the night that we arrived but was sunny and clear for getting to the house and getting our gear stashed. Today it has rained off and on since about 11 am. We don't mind the rain. It drops the humidity and cools us down.

 Mr. Pisote (coatimundi) has already visited. If you look closely at the upper right corning of the frame you can see little finger-shaped "blossoms" that are favored by the pisote. We also saw the agouti twice. He appears to have made a home down by the mango tree below the driveway. But he is too fast for me to shoot.

Ricardo, our trusty worker says so long to y'all just before he jumps on his moto and takes off for the day. Lucky for him there is a break in the rain for his ride home.