Social Butterflies !!

Our social life here in Mexico is really quite busy. Everyday there seems to be a commitment or another reason to enjoy each others company. On Sundays we go to "The Society" for something called "Open Circle"....it is always interesting and this weeks speaker was a poet. Haiku poet. (Not so simple) This is a Japanese style with rules, of course. It must only be three lines. Five syllables in the first line. Seven in the second. As if this is not difficult enough this guy made each one funny!! He was very entertaining. An ex-pat who lives here permanently and writes for the local paper as well as publishing his short stories. He provided a laugh-a-minute and we did enjoy him. After this we ran into friends (This is a small town and you always meet someone you know) and invited them to come along to the Nueva Posada for brunch. This elegant dining room overlooks magnificent gardens and the lake and serves a wonderful brunch for about $6.00 Cdn. Then Sandra and Walter (a couple in their eighties, from Toronto) dragged us along to meet more folks from Nova Scotia. This place is crawling with 'em! Anyway, this lovely couple Kay and Paul Fraser from Kentville were basking in the sun when we arrived. We all sought the shade of the porch and stayed for hours chatting. (This is how the day runs away from you here.) We got home just in time for the cocktail hour which we had on the terrace. Life is tough here......

Yesterday it was time to have Darleen and David Pike, also from N.S. in a weird sort of way. She was born in Winnipeg, moved to Victoria when she was young. David's father was a Newfoundlander who was in Scotland during the war and married a Scottish lassie. When he was about seventeen Dad moved the family back to Nfld. David was not impressed with a small fishing village there and left for the west coast sometime later. There he met and married Darleen..how they came to be in N.S. I'm not sure but their best friend lives right above us at the Martello! Small world isn't it? Anyway, they have been very kind to us here and so we took them out for dinner after nibbles and drinks here. I even had a glass of red wine and NO migraine!!!

Today, we are out with Cathy and Gary for an early dinner followed by a Cuban concert. Hoping to see some Argentine Tango too. We really miss dancing. That is the one thing we don't have much off here....or we just don't know where to go!

Tomorrow....more entertaining. The two Bobs and the agent, Daymen (who found us the guest house ) and his partner John will come here for drinks etc. before dinner and then we will take all of them to our favorite new restaurant "Mis Amigos". I know this all sounds expensive but really it's not. You can have dinner out with wine and coffee for under $15.00 a head. Our kitchen is very ill equipped and quite small so Jack cannot do much cooking. Really, by the time you buy all the food it is just as economical to go out!! This will be a shock when we get home!!

I've been "gardening" most of the day. We have a tiny-teeny front garden which is a jungle! Needed to thin out and top up the pots with new topsoil. Then the downstairs patio plants were looking a bit sick so I gave them a trim, good watering and some top soil added. I hope they respond by growing like crazy now! The bamboo is about 20feet climbing to the second floor.....yes this is in a pot too! Gardening here is fun because everything grows so well. It's tropical. We have a huge palm tree out front. I've planted red,pink geraniums for some colour. The coleous is about four feet growing in small pots. Quite amazing really but the climate is so temperate.

We have a "severe winter storm" today. Some cloud. A little wind. Still warm.....about 25C but usually everyday it is sunny from about seven in the morning until sunset at about six thirty. I think this "steadiness" of the barometer is why my migraines have cleared up.

OK so I think this is enough for one day. It was Jack's turn but he is busy working on a "Toast to the lassies" for a Bobby Burns Day dinner on the 25th. There will be about 300 people there so he wants to be amusing.....you know Jack!

We are counting the days now until our dear friends Maggie and Brian (Muise) arrive from Halifax. Fourteen more sleeps!