Move to Linda Vista

We finally made it to Linda Vista (Yes, it is the name of the street!). We miss being right on the ocean but love our new house.  It has 3 bedrooms, a great kitchen and a deck that goes on forever.  There are beautiful views of the ocean and the Tetakawi mountains as well as Honeymoon Island and the mountains surrounding Guaymas and in the desert.  We already know many of the neighbors and have 2 neighbors that are still here-one house on either side of us.

The owner bought two lots-one for gardens, fountains, etc. and one for the house.  It is incredibly spacious and we find
it is so much easier than our beach bungalow which only had two bedrooms and one bath and a great room.  We have mango trees and plumeria trees and many palms.  There are bougainvillea bushes and gorgeous flowers.  Boo keeps his
eye on the whole neighborhood as he can run around from front to back and bark at anyone who goes by-he has an enormous job here!  It is completely fenced in.

This is the view to the east.  Honeymoon Island (where the pelicans breed and nest )and the mountains of Miramar and
Guaymas with the sun setting on them.

You can see that the sunset is just grand from our house, also.  The Tetas are a
little to the south in this picture.

Jim is right at home with an outdoor kitchen and bar area.  We pretty
much live out here.

It's a great place to watch the sunset and catch the evening breezes.

The birdwatching is incredible!  We don't get the
water birds as close up as we got on Almejas,
but lots of orioles, vultures, song birds, doves.  The
ocean going birds do pass over the water in front of
us, so we are not missing them entirely.  This is
a hooded oriole who just adored our aloe vera which
is in a pot outdoor our front window.  Made for
great birdwatching!  

We have a wonderful organic farm out in the Santa Clara area of Guaymas.
This is our first delivery.  Boy, were we busy cooking stuff up!  We got
rid of the packaging and put it on the tray and brought in inside to
wash everything-quite an ordeal!

The mango tree, the fountain and some palms

Our first walk around the neighborhood was down to the Manglares Beach.  I loved taking photos of all the interesting cacti on the way.

I think this could be one of my very favorites.  It's called Bishop's hat.

A kind of barrel cactus-maybe many headed?

Sign of the times:  deserted streets

A type of barrel cactus

Hard to tell-maybe a prickly pear tree?

Close up

Prickly Pear

Katy calls these Christmas trees

The only sign of life are these two dogs barking like crazy at us when we
walk by.  Boo ignored them but, if they walk by our house, he goes ballistic!

Sunset on the terrace

Everything turns pink!

The Tetas from our dining room at sunset

Even Boo has a pink tinge.

Our lovely neighbors, Susan and Oley

First full moon rising

Love this photo-so ominous-perfect for the times

Our first outing during the lockdown.  Kathi and Ron have a duplex, so
we sat on one side and them on the other.

Unlike so many, we are ok with being on lockdown.  We wish we could walk more and go to the beach but the beaches are closed, only one person to a car and no walking or exercising dogs!!  They are stopping anyone coming to town who doesn't live or work here.  We cheat a little but not much.

It feels so sad and frustrating that we can't do more than give to local charities but that is helping a lot.  This community is incredibly generous.  Most of our musicians, beach vendors and wait staff are taken care of for the near future.  I keep myself busy with painting, writing, doing laundry, cooking and cleaning and reading.  In a way this is a gift of time to us as we were getting so socially overwhelmed in February and March when everyone is usually in town.  We feel very fortunate to be here.  I've gone to the grocery store once, the doctor 3 times and the pharmacy a few times but that is it.  My lips, after almost 4 months of pain) are cured.  New doctor is a great diagnostician-it was impetigo, usually happens to children-just my luck!  But, I am finally over the hill on that one.  Jim's knees are pretty bad getting up and down but Life is good.  We are happy and miss you all.