This usually isn’t an event. We get plenty of sun. But, after ten days of rain and no sun, what a welcome sight!

Look at that! BLUE sky!

There were cloudy spells and even a couple showers, but what an improvement over the weather we have been getting

I went out on my bike this morning. What a pleasure to be out, finally, after being housebound for day after day of rain. It seemed like everyone was enjoying the morning. The gardeners were all busy working in yards and almost every house had laundry hanging out to dry, including ours, taking advantage of the welcome sun.

There were still some clouds and a couple showers that made people scranble for their laundry, but for the most part it was sunny and warm until 3PM in our part of town. I sure need to get busy on the bike though! I hadn’t ridden in more than a month, not since before my US trip and I have lost a lot of conditioning. I want my strong legs back again.

There are new babies in the neighborhood

This one looks very new

iguana on the roof

There are some cows that live just outside our neighborhood, and today I saw that they have a couple new babies. We also had an iguana on the roof yesterday. I had to go across the street to see it and use my zoom, but I caught him. We have a tin roof so you know when something is up there.

It sure was busy around town, especially in the shopping areas! Christmas season has come. There are trees for sale outside of El Rey, Christmas decorations everywhere, and Christmas carols playing overhead. It was hard to find a parking spot and there were a lot of people in the stores. I’m sure part of it was catching up from the rainy days, but things tend to get more and more nuts as we get closer to Christmas.

Christmas trees. The sign says $49. We are quite far from where Christmas trees grow, and there isn’t anything else here that looks quite the same.

There were lots of cars looking for parking and trying to navigate their way through the shopping area.

Just because we are happy to enjoy the sun doesn’t mean that we should forget hurricane Otto. Costa Rica got the equivalent of a month of rain in a few hours. Nine people are reported dead, many towns are covered with mud and water, bridges are washed out, and it’s going to be a big job to put things right again. Reports say damage was minimal in Nicaragua and no one lost their life. My friends on Ometepe Island say there was a lot of rain, minimal wind, and things are fine there.

There was also a 7.0 earthquake off the coast of El Salvador and Nicaragua just as Otto was approaching land. There was a tsunami warning but thankfully that never happened and it was canceled quickly. There is no reported damage to people or property.

Whew! Enough. Lets hope the rest of the year is peaceful and we can complain about the heat of the morning sun, the afternoon rains, and the stores crowded with Christmas shoppers.