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Sitting on the terrace, watching rain pour down, lightening flash and listening to Nina Simone.  An hour ago I was swimming, laying in the sun and gardening in 90˚+ temps.   Now, it is a cool 84˚ with the breeze from the rain bringing the smell of green and damp.  It has been cooler lately, [...]

It actually seems that it is a little cooler lately, but the humidity is still very high. My gauge on the cheap clock in the kitchen seems to be stuck at 98%. The weather thingy (which reports from the airport) shows it much lower but I believe my kitchen clock. It is [...]

The Great Wall of Tita is a success!  She has gone up her usual way several times but she can’t get beyond the spot where the bamboo fencing starts.
She’s trapped in the yard and we are very happy about it. We can now leave the doors open with only the screen and she can [...]

I have a bit of an addiction to ponds, fish and water plants.  I know I’ve posted pictures of the hall pond, the garden pond and maybe even the little Betta pond, but have I mentioned that I also have a big, ugly, plastic, kiddy pond on the roof? Yea, I do.  It has plants [...]

Finally! The first bloom from a night blooming lily.  I’ve had 2 other night blooming lilies but they both died, not sure why  they just never grew much and then disappeared.  This one was given to me by a local ponder Francisco and I am thrilled with the huge 6″ bloom.
First the anticipation, I spotted [...]

The rains seem to be much more regular this year than last, almost every evening they arrive with the crash of thunder and flash of lightning.    Last night the temps were at an incredible low of 25°C (77°F), it was chilly.  I had to turn the hot water heater back on last week, the water [...]

We have been back and forth on this question, we are wobbling towards having a couple AC splits installed. Do we need them to be comfortable? No. To sleep? No. Both of us sleep well without it and might not use it at night even if we had it. [...]