We work on little chores in the mornings or walk into town in the cool of the morning to pick up a few items then go to the beach from 2 to 4 in the afternoons, happy hour 5 to 6.
Baseball for Vic on Wednesday and Sunday mornings.
We put out 2 hummingbird feeders a few days after we arrived and within an hour 2 different kinds of hummingbirds were coming to feed. Now there are several varieties of hummingbirds coming to the feeders. Among them Cinnamon, Rufous, Calliope and Black chinned hummingbirds.
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| Cinnamon hummingbird |
One day the orioles came to visit us. They checked out the hummingbird feeder on our clothes line behind our motorhome and then sat on the fence about 6 feet from our bedroom window. We were surprised when one of the orioles came up the side of our motor home and clung to the rubber gasket around the window, pecking at the window as if to say "put out more food"! Beautiful birds!
We have also have a small family of painted buntings come to feed in the mornings in front of our motorhome. The male is quite striking in appearance:
On Dec 2nd about 6:30 pm the manager of our park came to tell us that there was about to be a release of baby sea turtles. We rushed down to the shore. A local group called Campamento Tortuguero Lo de Marcos (the Lo de Marcos Sea Turtle Conservation Program) was managing the release. Unfortunately our camera died after a couple of photos but you can see how tiny these creatures are in the photos we managed to take.
The baby turtles are released just as it turns dark to prevent the birds from capturing them immediately. As always a wonderful experience!
We've all been busy with Christmas decorations. The manager on the columns of his house and the group assisting with decorations of the palapa we use for happy hour.
December 8th Vic decorated our site. Solar powered snowflakes across the windshield. 2 strings of lights wound around the base of the palm tree plus our inflatable Snoopy and Santa.
A hand woven straw candy cane and wreath decorate the side of our motorhome. We purchased these items from natives from the Patzcuaro area (interior Mexico) that come to the coast to sell their wares each December.
While at the local nursery to pick up some herbs for our garden we purchased a poinsettia for our patio.
Our next door neighbours' decorations are displayed below. Walter created a folding wooden frame for strings of lights to create a Christmas tree!
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