We love this rural tropical life. Here are a few fun photos from this past week or so.
Rainstorms and rainbows falling into the sea
Kitty on the catwalk
Siding on the cabin is looking really good! (And who is that handsome turkey on the deck?)
Iguana in a red banana tree
Wild fern
This loose cow has been just hanging out on the property
Laser cow and cat stare-down
Well, tomorrow is officially our 2 year anniversary of living in Puerto Rico (here’s life when we first arrived)! My how time flies! We still have so much to look forward to (or it could be seen as so much to do!) that time just sort of slips away from us. Perhaps it is the lack of snow and cold that makes everything sort of meld together, or maybe it is that we don’t have any real pressing urgency to be anywhere, but time has gone by so fast.
Turkey troop in the sunlight
They say a picture is worth a 1000 words, so rather than attempt to write about our daily lives too much I thought I would just share many thousands of words in a few pictures. Thank goodness for pictures to capture a few of these fleeting moments.
Summer rains and heat means things grow super fast -so we both get out and mow!
Preparing the site for the bridge crossing over the quebrada
Beautiful troupial in a tamarind tree
Britton, Kitty and the turkey poults
Friendly soft-eyed cow at Steps Beach
Strange yummy fruit finds at the Farmer’s Market – A porcupine looking pulasan
Plumeria and trinitaria (plus sphinx moth caterpillars)
Watching ships passing and clouds building
Days of sun and beach and nights of jamming music
And lots of time outside with the animals: Me, Kitty and a chicken
In addition to the awesome day trips we took to Wilderness, Ponce and Maricao, we also had lots of fun in Rincón at the Spanish Wall, Farmer’s Market, Art Walk, at a couple of events and just hanging out at the house. Here are a few snapshots that didn’t quite make it into a post on their own, but that were pretty cool.
We all love an afternoon catnap
I found this graffiti somewhat ironic because it says to take care of your beach and not leave trash –but apparently graffiti is ok
We listened to reggae on the beach one night
And had fun hula hooping to the beats (Yah Frances and Theresa)
Another night we listened to our friend Jessika rock it with her band at a local bar
Friends come in many shades!
Mosquito nets are helpful in a cabin without doors or windows
And we found the tiniest little hermit crab you’ve ever seen
Not many words are needed. Here are a few snapshots of our day yesterday.
Just hanging out with some particularly friendly turkeys
Britton literally hanging out
Surrounded by beauty
A pretty Kitty
And a funny Tina Turner chicken named Grandma singing “What’s Looove got to do with it?”