Philip and The Becka in the clouds at the top of the Ceboruco Volcano I last visited Mexico in 2006 and started blogging the next month. One of my first posts was about our climb toward the crater of the Ceboruco Volcano near Tepic, Nayarit. My brother Philip has a knack for selecting a very [...]
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Remember Whensday: In the Clouds
Posted in family, mexico, Remember Whensday on January 21, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Remember Whensday: El Día de los Reyes
Posted in Christmas, family, mexico, Remember Whensday, special days on January 7, 2010 | 6 Comments »
The Three Kings, Guadalajara, Mexico 1990 We took our children to visit family in Mexico at the end of 1989. It was their first trip outside Canada (and my husband’s first visit to Mexico) and we stayed into the first week of January. El Día de los Reyes, The Day of the Kings, or Epiphany [...]
Happy Mothers Day!
Posted in family, mexico on May 10, 2009 | 15 Comments »
Mom sent me an email this week which I have copied below. She is living far from most us and will only see one of her five children today. Thanks to modern technology, we can all be in contact with her at her home in Nayarit, Mexico. The picture above was taken a few years [...]
Ancient Bloggers
Posted in environment, guest photographers, mexico, people and places on December 3, 2008 | 17 Comments »
My husband took this picture in Mexico of two young boys as they searched a garbage site for anything of value. Garbage disposal, recycling and other environment initiatives we value in first world countries are not a priority in poorer nations. While people in Mexico often keep their homes tidy and clean, the streets and [...]
Friday Flowers: In Unlikely Places
Posted in butterflies, friday flowers, guest photographers, mexico on November 21, 2008 | 16 Comments »
The pictures for this post were all taken by my husband.He did a great job! Click images to enlarge. At dawn this past Monday morning my husband and brothers went with a guide to the desert for a few hours of exploration. This was a different outing than The Becka and her cousins took the [...]
Desert Skies
Posted in family, guest photographers, mexico, skywatch on November 20, 2008 | 36 Comments »
Near Torreon, Coahuila Mexico The Becka and her dad arrived home last night from Mexico to an early Canadian winter storm. The first thing she did when arriving at the house after midnight was to throw herself down in the front yard to make a snow angel. The dust of the Coahuila desert was still [...]
Happy Birthday Philip
Posted in family, mexico on June 24, 2007 | 20 Comments »
Philip on the left with our brother Mark When I started this blog almost a year ago, I referred to individual family members by “screen names” in an effort to protect their privacy. The blogosphere has been a friendly place and I am more comfortable with talking about family and friends and more specifics of [...]
Homecoming
Posted in family, mexico on June 19, 2007 | 24 Comments »
In my last post, I bemoaned our quiet house and contemplated the empty nest phase of our lives. Last night we travelled to the Toronto Airport to pick up our daughter, Stephanie, who has been in Mexico for the past 10 months. She is here for four weeks and will return to San Pedro in [...]
Fresh water please!
Posted in environment, family, mexico, people and places on June 7, 2007 | 8 Comments »
Dad sent pictures last week of a well drilling operation on their property in Mexico. Their home is outside the city and the water source has been unreliable. In Mexico, there are definite dry and rainy seasons and they go for months without rain. More than one attempt had been made to dig a well, [...]
Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better!
Posted in birds, mexico, Music on May 23, 2007 | 18 Comments »
Dad took this terrific picture of two Barn Swallows at their home near Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico. He said the birds were “harmonizing” as they sang to each other. Well, it looks like a domestic dispute to me, or else they are rehearsing for the musical Annie Get Your Gun, in particular, the song that goes [...]
