On top of the rock

On top of the rock
Our Cliff

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Just Catching Up

I am so behind with updates, but we have been busy with our guests!!

Sunday we had a great day with Kate, Rick, Stew and Suzanne, doing tourist things and showing them our land. The words, “WE NEVER THOUGHT IT WAS LIKE THIS!!!” “OUR VISION WAS SO COMPLETELY DIFFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU ARE DOING!!” “NO WONDER WHY THE ROAD TOOK A YEAR TO PUT IN!!” “ARE YOU TOTALLY CRAZY” “BOY YOU TWO HAVE GUTS!!” “YOU REALLY ARE INSANE” were heard throughout their tour of our developing Arriba de la Roca. So I guess what we are doing does come as a surprise to some! :)

Monday was a work day. I watered the palms, which you all remember exactly what that means! Maurice is always doing things around the place, and today these things were in preparation for what was to be the last of our Home Depot deliveries and a meeting with our builder and engineer. We got most of our things delivered, but of course, not all. So we needed to go back to Cabo Tuesday, or at least that was a good excuse to spend one more decadent day with our neighbors at El Presidente. This time we were good! Even with Buba’s in hand, we were controlled, and actually drove home like good responsible citizens. It was sad to say good-bye to our friends. It was wonderful to have a little “home” with us. We had a great time.

Today we put up a fence! Well, really it was a gate to a pre-existing fence. When land is defined here it must be fenced in to secure ownership. Our 2 ½ acres is fenced in with barbed wire and rusted rebar. The entrance we created resulted in the front part of the fence being torn down for easy entry. Now the cows are happily coming in and eating whatever they can find. Two of our palms being some of the things they have feasted on. I am very anxious to start planting things. More green, some flowers etc. First we must have a closed in fence.

So this morning Maurice woke up and said that today he was building me a gate so we could close off the front entry. So as the sun is now setting upon our Wednesday we have a gate, made of second hand barbed wire, some old 2x4’s that we found along with some “posts”, a couple of re-bars and some twisted wire to hold it all together. We also have 8 small swaying palms planted to the side of our bodega!! Looks so cute!

We are tired...do not know how people do this all day long. I am yearning for a Buba and a swimming pool!!!

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