October 30, 2010

 

my page turner

i was laying on my bed 'trying' to read my book

(yes i am being a good girl and resting my achilles tendon!)

i thought it would be nice to have buddy with me

but he had other plans:

being a royal pest!

let's see ... what did he do?

he would climb on my head,

sit on my lip,

crawl on my hand and kept chewing the pages of my book

ran up and down my tummy chirping loudly

you guessed it:

i put him back in his cage!

do you think it is possible to teach a bird no?

i hope so!

he normally is good company but not when i want to read!!

no means no buddy!!!!!

i took a wee walk around my garden this morning

such a lovely day

not hot but still sunny

everything is growing so beautifully!

October 29, 2010

yes you are!

they say that every person needs to know two things:

am i loved?

am i significant?

well tonight i will say it to you

yes you are..

you are loved

deeply

profoundly

without question

unconditionally

daily

in the dark times

in a circle of friends

when you are alone

He knows your name

you are loved
yes you are
zeph. 3:17

xo

October 28, 2010

eye candy

isn't this lovely

i saw it this morning standing so straight and tall and beautiful

i waited til this afternoon so the light would be just right.

to me,

the background (light)

is as important as the subject

i was trying to explain that to carlos, our spanish gardener.

i wish you could have been a fly on the wall for that conversation

i don't know how to say words like:

focus, subject, bokeh

in spanish

so i gave up and weakly smiled and said,

que bonita si?

that's pretty yes?

that's pretty yes!!

i call this eye candy

something sweet for our eyes

hope your thursday has been a sweet one

i was so happy to spend the afternoon with laura and sebastian

went for a drive

then came back here for lunch

we had one scare though!

she had brought lola her Chihuahua with her

and as we were gathered up sebastian, bags etc

suddenly, moto, our crazy island dog came barging in the house

(which he never does!!)

with full intention to rip lola to pieces

i was so scared that i lunged to grab moto, 

and stepped on sebastians hand!!

laura grabs lola who was quivering madly in her arms

sebastian is crying!

total mayhem and chaos!

we were all shaken up

such is life when you own a guard dog

that is why it was so nice to go for a quiet stroll through the garden

after they left!

October 27, 2010

my soul is free

look at that view!

i guess if you have to put your feet up this is a great place to do it!

i moved my chair out on the deck 

beckoned sweetly by the breezes

and the azure blues of the sea

i am happy to report that my achilles tendon seems

to be getting better

i don't have a sharp execruiating pain shooting up my calf anymore

that is good right?

but my heels are still numb and they throb 

so i am trying to be 'off them'

even my computer time is limited

because even the pressure of sitting with my feet on the floor is irritating

oh well

one thing i have been doing more is praying

i can do that

so i guess that would be the upside of all of this

yesterday brandi brought her friend over to help me clean the house

bless her heart!

her name is blanca 

how beautiful is that?!

she is a quiet, gentle hearted woman

who is just trying to make the ends meet

she normally works at a hotel in west end 

but times are slow on the island so she is laid off

well she knows how to clean i tell you that!

i have uploaded some spanish worship music for carlos so i put 

that on for her.

oh my!  i am growing to love spanish music more and more!!

it really blesses me!

we listened to marco witt all day long!!   

can anyone tell me why it makes me cry?

it does!

perhaps it is just the beauty of the language but i think it is 

the intensity and the emotion of which they live and sing about the Lord

either way

i had a good day 

watching blanca work, laying around, listening to music

bob went to the 'made in roatan' shop

*sniff* i wish i could have gone

it was a slow day there

 in the evening we met with brandi and yourgin for the evening.

that too was a blessing.

so...

all in all

i may not be running around hither and yon

(whatever that means)

but my soul is free

and you can't beat that!

October 26, 2010

i think i can

buddy, my budgie is getting so tame

i found him trying to get water out of my glass

fortunately i had my camera nearby.

since my tendon injury i have my chair set up

with my phone, water, books, camera, tv remote

everything handy so i don't need to get up

buddy is truly the best bird ever!

picking a budgie is no easy feat

because you can't tell if they will be a good bird or a dud

i have had 4 budgies:  2 were good, 2 were horrific!

but buddy is right up there in the 'best bird' category!

he is so friendly and his one claim to fame is this:

he doesn't bite

that is remarkable!

as birds typically like to bite,

but he hasn't bite a soul

and because he is friendly and tame 

many people have held him

sometimes he makes a little 'clucking' sound

as if to say...hey you, leave me alone!!!

but bite?  nope.

the night of the hurricane we lost power, he was nervous so i kept him close by me

the other thing is that he LOVES human food

yeah he is a little spoiled

because i basically chew up my dinner and put it on my hand

and he gobbles it up

if i try to ignore him he flies over, waddles across my shoulder

and tries to take the food out of my mouth.

i know, i know.. i have created a monster!!!

his favorite food?

i'd say lettuce

but he will eat pretty much anything.

except guacamole because it is toxic for birds and he could die 

so, of course, i keep that far from him

he is starting to talk

he can say pretty bird, hey buddy, and once he said 

how ya doin'?

he loves to have showers instead of baths

i just run the water in the kitchen sink 

and say, hey buddy you wanna have a shower?

and he fluffs up

so now when i say that he responds with a fluffing and 

then i put him on my open hand and he runs back and forth

under the water stretching out his wings

it is adorable!

so mr. buddy,

thanks for being such good company

and yes

i gave him a drink of my water.. he likes it cold!!

:-)

here he is trying to figure out how to get the water from my glass

October 25, 2010

storm? what storm?

we woke up to beautiful clear blue skies,

a calm turquoise sea

and temperatures in the low 80's

that is one of the good things about the tropics

the storms come in with all their fury and next day

it is back to business in beautiful-ness!

it was a perfect day for a snorkel

bob went with ron as i am still not able to snorkel 

due to this achilles tendon problem

but i don't mind

i could see the sea from my chair

and i read, dozed, played with buddy

and spent some beautiful time being quiet in prayer

p.e.a.c.e.f.u.l

i am a no nonsense, high energy girl

i enjoy being active, visiting people, helping out where i can

but when i need to stop i can stop.

it isn't easy but i don't fight it (much!)

my goal:  heal up!!!

so bob said hi to the sea turtle for me 

and told me that the fishies weren't out in mass

i think maybe they might still be in hiding due to the storm

 a note from my garden:

this is a ginger flower that is sprouting babies!

how cool is that?!

now we will have over 6 little  ginger plants to start.

i am excited because tomorrow

nabisha is coming over to look at my garden

she is a landscaper on the island
and i am excited to have her input!

October 24, 2010

after the storm

well hurricane richard has come and gone

we are thankful that there wasn't more damage

on our property we lost a number of banana trees, and a papaya tree

the place was littered with branches and leaves

it could have been alot worse

basically rain and wind

and we lost our power in the night

it was off for about 18 hours

so we did alot of reading, sleeping, playing games

once the rain stopped 

we went for a drive and saw alot of power poles broken and lines down

trees cracked in two

evidence of some flooding in the flowers bay area

apparently the people of oakridge got hit hard

i am thankful to reco, our electric company for working hard to get 

the power restored so soon

i haven't heard how people made out in the colonia

i will find out tomorrow when carlos comes to work

it is now at belize with winds up to 90 mph

many people have been evacuated

i am praying for their safety and that the storm passes quickly.