18 May, 2011
Cacao Fest is this weekend and this year we do have a group coming in specifically for the Fest. I hope that means that the cacao fest will generate more business for all of Toledo instead of just Punta Gorda, as has been the case in the past.
It's super dry now and only hot. The sun each evening is bright red in the sky and we need rain. The swimming hole always gets stagnant when the weather is like this and needs a good rain to get things flowing again.
I got to go to San Pedro yesterday and the day before for a SEO seminar. Great to be there after two years. A few things have changed but much is the same. I definitely miss the accessibility of everything but found I was happy to come back here last night. I've gotten used to seeing animals and hearing the birds and think I prefer it to lots of golf carts.
Latest animals sitings are a coatimundi, a grison and a jaguarundi. All seen crossing our driveway on the way to the river for a drink. That's one benefit of dry season - the animals have to get moving to water so we see them more.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Thursday, April 28, 2011
It's hot, hot, hot.
28 April, 2011
It's still April, but the weather is May. It was so hot today that doing anything seemed too much.
We started the concrete beam that will hold up the second floor of the reno building. I'm calling it Casa Maya for lack of something more creative. We want to get the thatch done before it starts raining and with this heat so early, it may start raining early so we have to get going.
Rusty got yellow squash out of the new garden down by the river this week. Nice to grow and eat our own veggies but not something that this climate down here supports all year around.
It's too hot even to write - I'll try sleep. Nite!
It's still April, but the weather is May. It was so hot today that doing anything seemed too much.
We started the concrete beam that will hold up the second floor of the reno building. I'm calling it Casa Maya for lack of something more creative. We want to get the thatch done before it starts raining and with this heat so early, it may start raining early so we have to get going.
Rusty got yellow squash out of the new garden down by the river this week. Nice to grow and eat our own veggies but not something that this climate down here supports all year around.
It's too hot even to write - I'll try sleep. Nite!
Saturday, April 23, 2011
The latest...
23 April, 2011
Times flies when you are busy in the bush.
We now have 3 thatched casitas finished and they seem to be very popular with our guests. Once we got the third one done, we changed everything around and I really like the feel of each one. They all have their little eclectic vibe going on and each one has two sides open to the jungle with screening from 4 feet up.
Our new project is the existing derelict building that we've used for storage. We demo'ed it over the past three days and now reno will begin. We plan an office and guide/driver room on the first floor with three guest rooms with baths and verandas on the second floor. Great for birding.
We had howler monkeys on property all winter. Now that it's hot again, they've gone back to higher ground, but it looks like they will be here each winter. I also saw a kinkajou down by the river on our new trail. We love the animal sitings. Back in February, we had a drove of 27 coatimundis run through the driveway. So great to see.
All for today - maybe I'll get better about this.
Times flies when you are busy in the bush.
We now have 3 thatched casitas finished and they seem to be very popular with our guests. Once we got the third one done, we changed everything around and I really like the feel of each one. They all have their little eclectic vibe going on and each one has two sides open to the jungle with screening from 4 feet up.
Our new project is the existing derelict building that we've used for storage. We demo'ed it over the past three days and now reno will begin. We plan an office and guide/driver room on the first floor with three guest rooms with baths and verandas on the second floor. Great for birding.
We had howler monkeys on property all winter. Now that it's hot again, they've gone back to higher ground, but it looks like they will be here each winter. I also saw a kinkajou down by the river on our new trail. We love the animal sitings. Back in February, we had a drove of 27 coatimundis run through the driveway. So great to see.
All for today - maybe I'll get better about this.
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