Wednesday, January 01, 2014

Winter rains and swallows

The weather sites said no more rain after all we've had and lots of sun coming later in the week but it had to go out with a bang and we've had thunder and rain all afternoon.  I know it won't last forever but has sure been hard on the roads and holiday vacationers.

What the rain brings is puddles in the street which is not real common this time of year.  The swallows are not always here either and combined they made a real show the other day.   I've seen swallows skimming over a lake or pond trolling for bugs but never over puddles.  They were following the streets, turning at each corner and turning around doing it again.   All this activity at just a foot above the ground and I expecting one to fly between my legs as I watched them.


I don't have a camera that would capture this and evidently no one else has seen something similar so I just decided to use an attractive Japanese print.


With road conditions, overcast and rain we didn't even try to see the fireworks last night.   Fireworks at Grand Bay and probably a few more hotels in Barra or Melaque but we'll do it when it's easy.   Instead many neighbors used my garage for carne asada, music and party very late into the night/morning.   We had our own fireworks that we bought at the tianguis days before.  

A good new year to all !!!

2 comments:

Silvia Cervantes said...

We miss you on New year eve...


Me Silvia & Family

Steve Cotton said...

The activity of the swallows has been fascinating. Of course, their presence means that there will be quite a hatching of insects to deal with in the next few days. I have had quite an infestation of little black flies. But, as you say, it will all pass. But I will miss the swallows.

By the way, great illustration..

The construction of the house finished in April 2011 and I'm pretty much settled in. As of March 2014 I'm in preparation for rain mode for this coming summer. That includes sealing and painting things and dealing with drainage issues from last year.

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