We have had four glorious days with
sunshine, and today the rains returned.
The mangoes are getting bigger and bigger. We showed them on Skype to Linda and Joline
and they wanted us to send them some.
The mangoes that are this big are never shipped. I had seen some from Trinidad, but a sister
in law brought mangoes and avocadoes in a suitcase when she came to visit. The bag was sincerely overweight, and she was
tiny. We did enjoy them, and I am enjoying these. The really big ones are still too green for
me. The locals eat green mangoes, but
that doesn't interest me.
We are scrambling
for time to get all the necessary documents for Melaney's residency requirements. We drove into San Jose to talk to the lawyer at
his request, and he wasn't at the office yet. So we asked directions to the
Canadian Consulate, found it, and a lady met our requirements, so we didn't
need to go back to the lawyer.
On the way
home I asked Mel to drive through La Garita where all the beautiful garden
shops are so I could buy an orchid. When
we stopped we were the only customers, and the staff was very obliging. I found two orchids with buds and two lovely
African violets. There were also
gloxinias that were mouth watering and tempting, but I left them for another
time. I also got a nice sized bag of fertilizer and the total for all of this
was the equivalent of $22.80. I will pick out another orchid later to make a
triad.
We always
admire the flowering trees and shrubs, and a neighbour has a vigorous specimen
that was our envy. Yesterday morning
when Mel was walking Gigi up the road, she told me that he had cut down huge
branches of this bush and they were laying in the area where the garbage is
placed. I suggested that she take the
pruners and cut a handful of nice ends and bring them home. I did some more pruning on them and put them
in a big bottle of water and hope they will form roots. I have a small wicker table that the landlady
had brought over, but it took so much room in the front room that I decided to
take it outside on the north deck for my flower collection. It's an ideal place for the plants. They get only a little late afternoon
sunshine and free flowing air.
I picked up
a bug sprayer at the store last week and we are using it now. This rainy season is what they call winter
down here, and all the outside bugs want to come inside. I have to take care of any spiders because
they are Melaney's nemesis.
It's such a
quiet day today, and Mel is having a siesta.
She is having a sinus attack and just wants to rest. (Note: I learned
later that I didn’t have a cold afterall. Apparently I poisoned myself with the
bug spray fogger. My “sinus infection” lasted 2 days. Don’t ever spray up.—Mel.)
I think I will join her. I have been
playing Mah Jong and I am a little tired too.
HaHaHa....tough life.
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