February 27, 2010

 

red in the rain 

usually our rainy season

is finished by now

but we had a late start

so the rains still come

i don't mind

it is a wonderful change

people often fantasize about living in the tropics

but believe me 10 months of sunshine and heat isn't

really glorious and wonderful as one would think

so when we have days like today

we are happy for the coolness that the rain brings.

February 26, 2010

airshow madness

i have been to many airshows over the course of my lifetime

but

never

anything like this one!

one thing about honduras 

they aren't like the rest of the world.

they flew sooooooo low,

over the ocean where people were snorkeling,

over the beach where the people were watching

 see how low they are flying??!  crazy

even the hondurans were calling the pilots

'loco'

which means CRAZY!

i concur!

but it was a fabulous show!

 jeanette and i went out for a snorkel

i didn't really like being out there because they were

flying so close but

i do love to snorkel and lots of people were doing it

so we went!

at one point

one of the planes stalled right over us

i mean right over us

and it was spiralling down towards us.

it was nuts!

i thought... okay well if i am going to die then 

i guess being in the caribbean is a good place

i know this may seem funny but i began to swim

away like crazy 

(as if I could outswim a spiralling plane!!!)

but 

fortunately 

everything was okay

it was all part of the show and he just swerved upward and 

blasted off towards the sun.

i was having a mild heart attack

yeah we decided to go to shore at this point!!!

i have so many photos

that it would probably be easiest if i linked to 

my facebook if you want to see them.

facebook photos

February 25, 2010

 

fluffybutt-less

 who is fluffybutt you ask??

well those of you who have been following my stream will know

he is a hummingbird 

one who chose to be so friendly with me that i could photograph

him with my 50 mm

and it would look like i had used a zoom on him.

 

well i got close enough to see how cute and fluffy the feathers 

were on his underside (butt)

hence his name!!

i miss him so much.

i put up some branches near the feeder and he would

roost there for most of the day

i would go out and talk to him and he would

sing.

yes i said sing.

it was so beautiful!

one time i was talking with a friend 

and mr. fluffybutt flew up to me

and as i held out my finger he 

touched it with his beak.

well here is the sad news...

he has been missing for about 3 weeks now.

i am so lost without him.

sigh.

i hope he comes back soon.

my days aren't the same without him

February 24, 2010

secure enough?

this is a common sight on roatan

it bothers the living daylights out of me

so many robberies since Christmas!!

it's nuts!

emily and i went for a walk yesterday down

a little beach road and we saw this.

i took it because it epitomizes life here.

let's see:

fence:  check

barbed wire: check

lock: check

and here is the truly sad part of this blog

last night in the evening i heard moto our dog

barking his fool head off

so i opened the door and i saw a man walking on the property 

he was looking for liliana, our neighbor

fyi: we share our property with another family.

so i told him liliana had gone to church.

he had a bible in his hand.

i thought he was her friend.

but it turned out that while they were at church they 

got robbed.

i feel horrible!!

really terrible.

they lost alot of cash and electronics.

i love this island

but i hate the thievary!!

we aren't sure if that man who talked to me 

was involved or not.

i hope they catch who did it

but i doubt it.

this stuff goes on here 

wayyyy too often 

and nothing gets done.

okay i am done my rant.

sigh.

February 23, 2010

a secret ingredient

I promised more spring flowers so

here you are.

these are blooming everywhere on  the island right now.

i found out an interesting tidbit

about these flowers.

 if the spanish are low on eggs and have unexpectedly company

they go outside and get some of these beautiful blossoms, add them 

to their scrambled eggs to make them go further.

brilliant!

apparently the eggs are just a little bit sweeter!

can you imagine some fancy smancy restaurant in

North America

serving up some eggs on a lovely plate  with these fragrant delicate blooms.

it would cost a small fortune.

it would be a delicacy perhaps?

i wonder what they'd call it...

  anyways, so beautiful.

these trees are blooming all over the island!!

the cars will give you the perspective of how big the trees are!

February 22 , 2010

handpicked by moi

today emily and i headed over to seadancer

i like their dock.

it is about 500 ft long which means beautiful breeze out there

also it has a upper section 

which means shade underneath.

shade is good.

we sat in the sun for awhile,

in the shade for awhile,

then went for a snorkel.

this shell was laying on the bottom of the white sand

the locals dive for the conch shells, take the conch out for dinner and 

leave the shells laying empty.

a treasure for me.

i like it.

i am happy because i am learning to dive down

and i managed to get this first time around.

yes, i am patting myself on the back.

poor emily got burnt today

even though she put sunscreen on.

fortunately we have aloe vera growing in the yard

so i slathered her.

going to take a sunbreak for awhile to let her heal.

i wear sunscreen too and seldom burn anymore

we jokingly say that:

all 

our 

freckles

just

join 

up!

have a great day whatever your day holds.

xo

February 21, 2010

the end of my sunday

church

in the morning

lunch at home

good book

nap

snorkel

west bay

saw queen angel fish

a school of grunt in the number of 1000's 

(not kidding.. was amazing!)

parrot fish

a really cool little blue fish with florescent little dots

and many other fish that i don't know the names of

a sea turtle

later at home

emily and i walked down the steps to the beach

and enjoyed another closing to a great day

the sun dropped lazily into the horizon

blessed.

we meandered home and made dinner

as the last light was in the sky.