A Parrot is a Parrot is a Parrot

We're not certain, these may be "Mealy Parrots," but, then again they may be Red Loreds. It's hard to identify the little details from the veranda, but this is one of the morning sites we catch over coffee just as day is breaking. It's moments like this that make the refrigerator's inablility to make ice seem worth the inconvenience.

 

Nancy took a tumble going down the steep stairs to the water and fell - face-first - into a barb-wire fence that contains a neighbor’s small herd of cows. Luckily, nothing was seriously damaged – neither the fence nor Nancy’s face, but Norm has added another nickname to the litany of nicknames he has for her –Scarface.

 

We’ve found the area to be every bit as wild and wonderful as we expected; we’ve also found more challenges than expected. We found lots of things broken in the house.  Not unlike a sailboat, maintenance is a constant activity when living in the rainforest. The sabotaging of Crickett is the one that affects us the most. The guys think they got her all dried out. We’re taking her gingerly around the bay now, but not brave enough to try more open water until the mechanic in town signs off on her. We’ve got to finish getting 10 hours on the new motor before that can happen.  Norm met with him today when we were in town with our wonderful neighbors, Mary & Carl.  They’re a couple of retired sailboat cruisers who settled here after spending many years aboard their sailboar. They’ve certainly been a Godsend to us in many ways. We feel like we’ve got a couple of guardian angels watching over us!

“Our dogs”, Indy (Independence) and Gelly (Magellan) are charming as well as excellent watchdogs.  They are aptly named. Indy is just that – independent as all get all. Gelly likes to run off and get lost. (well, not actually lost, but off to the neighbors on the other side of the property)  She’s the explorer!  Very sweet pooches both of them... We each already have a favorite and I’ll let you guess which is which. 

And speaking of all the “old dogs,” check out how they each -- all three -- spend a warm afternoon! (Pix on the sidebar)  I think siesta may become a new way of life!

Jungle Love,

Norm & Nancy

 “I like animals. I like natural history. The travel bit is not the important bit. The travel bit is what you have to do in order to go and look at animals.” – David Attenborough