Quiet days

The weather the last few days has been almost perfect. The afternoon highs have been 29 - 33 C; however, the last 3 days there has been a lovely breeze starting in the late afternoon and into the evening which helps to moderate the heat and cool things off. The last 2 nights we have not even used the fan when we went to bed as the house temperature was 22 - 23 C and going down. When I get up at 7 a.m. or so to go for my jog, the outside temperature is about 15 C (59 F)--just about perfect for a jog! Last night we had supper out on the patio as it is in shade by then. I think that we’ll do that often as it is lovely with lots of birds flying about and very handy to the dining room and kitchen.

We have arranged to have a maid come twice a week, Monday and Thursday. Two of them came this last Monday for almost 6 hours and really gave the house a thorough cleaning, including all the windows (there are a lot of windows; they used almost an entire bottle of Windex). In future there will be only one, but she should be able to keep everything in good shape now.

Barbara has been feeling better the last 3 days or so. Yesterday afternoon, she emptied everything from the little shed, swept it out and reorganized the stuff. The long drive down and then settling into the new house were very tiring and stressful. Now we are relaxing. She took a bunch of photos inside and outside the house and is now trying to open a photo gallery in Google. Here is the link to Barb's photos. Just click on La Floresta and then in the top left corner, you can click on "Slideshow" to see them in sequence.