Oh Boy!

After the neighbours pleading with us not to go skinny-dipping again, Rosalie decided she was going to. I chose to wear my trunks because you never know when Omar may turn up. He doesn’t work on a Sunday so we are usually okay then; but this was not Sunday.

Me, reluctantly going skinny dipping. You can see how cold the water is.

Rosalie slipped into the pool while I went to look for the net to scoop out some leaves. As I stepped onto the patio a voice said “Hola.” It was Raquel in the other casa getting it ready for the new neighbours on the weekend. Oops!

I said “Hola” back as loud as possible to give a warning to Rosalie so she could put on her bathing suit and get a bit respectable. She was bouncing around in the pool and laughing like an idiot so it was not easy. It worked out fine but knowing Rosalie it will happen again sometime soon. The older she gets the more unmanageable she becomes.

Rosalie off to the pool

There is a local squirrel who noisily runs across the patio roof and dives into the parrota tree. He or she crosses several times a day and it sounds as though he or she is wearing boots.

We bought a ball and started to throw it to each other for some exercise. It is surprising how soon the puffing and panting starts, getting our heart rates up. It would be good to do it at least once a day. There is a lot of shade under the parrota tree so we play there. Rosalie does have a strong arm and throws like a boy and directly at my head. I get most of my exercise from ducking..

Rosalie took a photo of me by the fire last week. When she went to review it we noticed that the fire was actually burning and smoke was coming out of the chimney. It’s an Apple feature and it sure looks cool.

The new neighbours arrived today. We haven’t had a chance to get to know them yet. I hope they’re used to Mexico because this is the last day of the festival of Guadalupe and the fireworks and attendant explosions are getting quite fierce.