Goodbye, Lucy.

It’s been coming for a while now, but today we knew it was time to put Lucy to sleep.  She has been on a fast slide over the last few months, and a neurological disorder that kept her legs from...

Poor lonely blog…

It has been another week between posts!  What is wrong with me?  Can’t I think of interesting things to say about Mazatlán? Well, yes… and no. After living here more than three years I have to admit every impromptu parade...

Move over, hummy

We have been feeding the hummingbirds around here for several years and have a nice bunch of hummingbirds enjoying our feeders and fountain every day.  There are three species we see all the time.  They fight – and sit in...

Little cuties!

I love geckos.  We have them all over the house, and enjoy their kissing noises in the evening.  They are considered good luck, and since they eat bugs and are cute, we are happy to have them living with us!...

Half Baked Update

What’s going on in Mazatlán, you ask?  Well, most sensible people scurry around in the morning and then hide in the shade until the sun goes down.  Although yesterday I wanted to run to the natural foods store so on...

No drama here.

The temperature and humidity around here keeps cranking up and up.  Sometimes when I get up at night I can’t believe how soupy it is just outside our air conditioned room. We still mostly run the air conditioners at night,...