Visiting Gale’s Brother in Florida

Here are a few pics from a beautiful evening we spent with Donna and Lawrence on the east coast of Florida. Continue reading

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Lunch at Hacienda San Isidro

Yesterday we went with friends to have lunch at the Hacienda San Isidro. It is on the slopes of the volcano Cotacachi Continue reading

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Biointensive Gardening Workshop

I went to a three day intensive workshop on February 23, 24 and 25 – all in Spanish! Continue reading

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Happy Birthday to Me!

Roses from Veronica. We are standing in front of a tapestry in the construction office.

Saturday was my birthday. Happy Birthday to me! And, Happy Birthing Day to you, Mom! Continue reading

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Another Trip to the Beach

Blue skies and ocean breezes. So Relaxing!

It seems so long ago now, but my photos are dated 12/12 and 12/13. That means it really was only two weeks ago that we were in Bahia de Caraquez. Continue reading

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The Company Dinner

A week ago (was it really only one week???) we had a special dinner for everyone involved in Gale and partners’ new company. This includes the construction business and the Re/Max office, as well as our very first Re/Max customers and the closing lawyer. Continue reading

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Richard’s House

Well, so much has been happening and I am way behind on posting, but I’ll start with the most current. Gale’s construction company, Middle Earth Construction, is building a smallish 3 bedroom house for a local family. Continue reading

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Dinner Party

November 12th Gale told me we would have 8 people coming for dinner on the 14th. Continue reading

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Visit to the garden at Agualongo Pre-School

The school is for baby's on up to about 5 year olds.

Yesterday, I went to the Agualongo preschool to see how the garden was growing. Continue reading

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Another great Las Chicas day

We had another great “work” day on October 6th. Here are two of the girls having their first experience harvesting a carrot. We did a little bit of weeding and planting and a whole lot of eating and talking. For lunch, we had avocado sandwiches with lots of lettuce from the garden and a great quinoa and vegetable soup with carrots, brocolli, wax beans and peas from the garden. It is  fun to see the newbies learn how to harvest things they have never  seen growing.

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