{"id":5830,"date":"2025-02-08T20:37:34","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T04:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/contessajewall.com\/?p=5830"},"modified":"2025-02-08T20:37:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T04:37:37","slug":"lovely-days-in-the-sunshine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/contessajewall.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/08\/lovely-days-in-the-sunshine\/","title":{"rendered":"Lovely days in the sunshine"},"content":{"rendered":"
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My first hibiscus in a few weeks. The plants have not been happy. I love this shade of yellow with the white center. Colin had to hold the stem steady because of the wind. Taken with my iPhone. But I am still having trouble seeing to focus properly.<\/p><\/div>\n

Finally the weather is ever so slowly warming up. I walked the beach ( second walk this week ) to Letty’s this morning and back. My back was sore with every step but I did do it. Sat for a bit at the computer doing some online research for a new project for the RV. \u00a0Trying to figure out if my back issue is the computer and chair I am using. So I added an outdoor patio cushion for height and another cushion for my back. Seems we always have something on the go. After a lovely shower I sat in a sheltered corner of my garden with my back to the sun and nursed a glass of wine. Of course I fell asleep and had the loveliest wee nap. As I recall I was composing a blog in my mind. Can’t remember the details \ud83d\ude0e<\/p>\n

Hmm I just downloaded some photos from my iPhone so now I have about 90 photos to share…..I guess I will get to them when I do. They all have a story attached to them.<\/p>\n

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So this is one of the two fancy chairs that come with the RV. That large hole between the wood and the actual chair cushion hits me in the back and is not comfortable.<\/p><\/div>\n

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I really would like these two cushions to make my ‘desk’ chair more comfy.<\/p><\/div>\n

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This is now known as the feral cat watch perch.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Just hanging around. Our resident heron fishing from the rocks with the pelicans keeping an eye on what he might be catching.<\/p><\/div>\n

Colin prefers not to use lists. Last week while in Centro he did purchase two plant pots for me. However they were 2 -3 times larger than what I needed. The very next day, Katia was offering up some papaya trees that she had grown from seeds \ud83d\ude00 She even delivered them but the the roots were bare and dry. We put them into water immediately and the next Colin carefully planted them in the large pots. Now we had papaya \u00a0trees that would grow for years.<\/p>\n

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Sadly between the dry roots and the cold wind the plants grown with love did not do well and shriveled up.<\/p><\/div>\n

The next day Colin had to go get fuel near the airport and I asked him to go a bit further and to pick up a new bougainvillea for me from the vivero on Hwy 15. He also came back with two new papaya tree seedlings.<\/p>\n

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Colin simply added the new papaya babies to the existing ‘large’ pots just in case the first ones survive. The new plants are doing well, not so much the original ones.<\/p><\/div>\n

So on his last visit to Centro, a few days ago, despite passing the maceta store ( he said he even glanced inside as he walked past ) he neglected to actually go in the store to pick up the two smaller plant pots that I had requested – because it was not on a list! Oh well, one day I will get that project completed.<\/p>\n

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This lovely colored purple bougainvillea has given me grief for that past two winters. I pampered it and tried everything I know but life is short………<\/p><\/div>\n

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It has now been replaced by a slightly colored plant. \u00a0Please live long dear plant. 180 MXN, about $12.00 CAD.<\/p><\/div>\n

Dang, today my computer changed over to Espagnol – so everything you see on your computer is now on Spanish for me. Happens every year and impossible to change back. Just makes my mind work harder\u00a0\ud83d\ude33<\/p>\n

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So fortunate to have a washing machine ( as wells a dryer ) but I prefer to do use this latest technology to dry my laundry.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Newest activity from El Faro!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Wedding tonight at Carmelita’s. There is a startled bird on the right flying into the photo. \u00a0Special thank you to Genie for sharing her video. Now we get to listen to the music all night long……hope it is good.<\/p><\/div>\n