• 31May

  Henry! Henry!

  dogs 7 Comments

  
  Does it look to you like Henry tired himself out hogging all the toys? And does Lucy look a bit irritated about it?

  
• 30May

  Sunset

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  Sunsets in Mazatlán are almost always spectacular. I don’t know how that can be, but it is true. We love to walk over to the malecon in the evening to watch…it is a communal experience with lots and lots of people doing the same thing.

  
  Right now in Washington State (where we came from) the sun rises at 5:19 am and sets at 9 pm…and in Mazatlán the sun rises at 6:19 and sets at 7:48. Being this far south means that there is less of a swing in number of daylight hours. I’ve also noticed that the sun is setting further North every day.

  
  Living so close to the water is wonderful – I feel way more connected to the earth – as in Planet Earth – than I ever have before. Swimming, watching sunsets, seeing fish jump, and the salty wet air really make me feel alive.

  
• 27May

  Crazy plants around here….

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  Our bamboo is growing really well…and has actually sent off a shoot. I first noticed the new shoot on May 16. Here is a what it measured each day:

  May 16…….4 inches
  May 17…….8 inches
  May 19…….11 inches
  May 20…….13 1/2 inches
  May 21…….17 1/2 inches
  May 23…….25 inches
  May 24…….29 1/2 inches
  May 25…….33 inches
  May 26…….39 inches

  So, you can see from the above that it has been growing from 3″ to 7″ per day! And we haven’t had any rain yet this year! I wonder what it will do when it starts raining?

  
  The picture above is a vine called the Mexican Flag - of course it is – red, white, & green.

  

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