April 1, 2010

sinking low

seadancer dock

this is one of my favorite places to watch a sunset 

on the island.

earlier in the week emily and i had taken a beach walk

and she saw a huge tree and said

wow that would be beautiful at sunset.

she is right!\

i have taken countless sunset pictures on the dock

but never one OF of the dock

i love it.

bob offering praise to God

today we are moving to seadancer for a week

because the owners here are coming for a visit.

i am excited because we got one of the bigger

units.

mi amor...

March 31, 2010

 

golden silk spider

went to carambola gardens today 

the most amazing place to see indiginous plants, exotic flowers,

jungle like vistas,

a mountain climb

and

unfortunately big spiders.

this one is about 2 inches long... at least.

but what really freaks me out are snakes.

saw a big snake in the grass...

i think it was a boa.

i am by nature pretty brave but snakes make me run

spiders and snakes....

one of the hazards of living in the tropics....

March 30, 2010

from miss norma

zinnia's are not native to roatan
someone,
somewhere,
brought seeds over
miss norma has them growing in her garden
in flower's bay
she lives opposite the sea in a bright
pink house, on stilts
she is a tiny, wiry little woman who
runs a tiny little store,
she makes and sells dozens and dozens and dozens
of delicious sugar cookies
and enjoys gardening.


that is how we met.
i love gardening too.
i stopped by her house once to admire her garden
and over the months we have become friends.

one time bob said to her,
'so miss norma, we need to find you a nice man'
and she laughed and said,
'no sir.. i don't be needin' no man,
i don't need to be cookin' and cleanin' for no one
i gots da Lord and that's enough for me.'

the last time i went she gave me about 15 plants!
i kept saying
'oh no miss norma that's enough.. i don't need anymore plants'
but she didn't listen.
she is so kind and giving..

yesterday the zinnia bloomed.
it reminds me of her.
sweet lady.

March 29, 2010

merry christmas

christmas in march?

well bob gave me a receipt for a bird for christmas

and i finally got it a couple of days ago!

such is life in roatan

i kept going to the store and he kept saying

manana, manana, manana.

so you can imagine my delight when told me 

that he finally got birds in from the mainland of honduras!!

oh joy.

this is a fischer lovebird

native of africa

from the area of madagascar

he/she is adorable!

it is impossible to tell the gender of these

birds without doing blood work 

so since i like male birds better then females

(they are more friendly and less territorial about the cage)

i am referring to him as a he.

no name yet

but i am leaning towards either

amor

which is 

spanish for love

or 

perico

which is honduran slang for 'parrot'

i would probably call him rico for short.

i am just getting to know him.

right now i refer to him as my little guy alot.

i love birds so much because once they

trust you the rewards and companionship

outweigh any other pet.

it takes alot of time and patience to get them to that point

but it is worth it.

right now, little guy, is very cautious and shy around us all

but he is a beauty to behold and the

sounds of his chirping bless my heart!

March 28, 2010

fire dancing

WOW!

i can't imagine doing this.

we went to bananarama resort last evening

for 5 dollar burgers/fries,

a crab race 

(which our #52 crab WON!)

and 

the fire dancing.

it was incredible!

i asked the girl later if she ever got burned

and she laughed saying...

"oh yes mam, all da time!"

March 27, 2010

heading out to deeper waters

turquoise 

aqua

royal blue

mint green

these are the colors of my sea

the deeper you go 

the deeper the blue

they don't call it the deep blue sea

for nothing!   

yesterday we rented a boat at turquoise bay

and headed out to the reef

alejandro, our guide has lived on the

island for over 25 years and knows 

the reef like you and i know our neighborhoods.

it was amazing!

he took us to an area that was affected by an earthquake.

you could see a huge crack in the coral,

we didn't see alot of fish but the reef was

alive with color:

mustard yellow ,

deep purple sea fans.

orange brain coral

light blue coral tubes

and sea fans of so many brilliant colors

waving gracefully against the backdrop 

of the aqua that i was at times

overwhelmed with the beauty!

we also saw a lion fish which will need to be declared 

to the marine park as they are very aggressive 

and eat little fish and they aren't welcome

in the area.

all in all 

it was a fantabulous day

and our guests had a total blast!!