No Snow here!!!

While we receive e-mails and photos of the snow in Nova Scotia we want to assure you.....there is no snow here! The sun continues to shine every day. However, there is a little breeze this week, which is unusual and the mornings and evenings are starting to get cool. We can wear a sweater.

We have been looking at real estate. Mostly because the houses are so completely different here. No cookie-cutter developments. This morning we saw a couple of condos which were beautiful, very much like the one we are renting. Same German builder. Lots of white marble. Beautiful grounds. Beautiful views of the mountains and lake. Gorgeous. One house had a separate building for guests! Imagine that! We couldn't get in that one so we will go next week. Gawd knows what the price tag is......the condos were all under $300,000.00 for about 2500 sq.ft. Expensive but very high quality.

The Brunch Bunch are still here. They leave next Sunday and I think they are having a lovely time. We all go out dining and dancing this evening. The Saint Andres festival has started so the noise is increasing each day. Mexicans love "the big bang". We just patiently wait until it ends and we have our little village quiet once again. We are not bothered this year by rosters who have their internal clock messed up and crow all night long. We realize by not being in the centre of the town that we are rewarded with a quieter night. This is a good thing.

This morning we took the local bus to the wine shop. We were out of Scotch. This just won't do!! Anyway, we were rewarded with an entertainer, yes, on the bus, who played his guitar and serenaded us. When he passed the hat we realized we gave him more money than the fare was! Ah well, he was worth it. These Mexicans are an enterprising bunch. Where ever the stereotype of the lazy Mexican came from we don't know. They all work a six day week. We often stop to look at a construction site and are amazed at the work they do with only the most basic of tools. No machinery......just plain hard work.

So for those of you toiling under gray skies we send you warm thoughts and bright sunshine. Pay your dues so you too might enjoy your own paradise. For us it is here in this mountain village.
Kate