Tag: birds
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Celestún Day Trip
Once we had settled in Mérida we had the good fortune to meet up with two other slow travelling couples and do a day trip to the coast to visit the town of Celestún. If you are ever in Mérida for more than a couple of days I would say the trip to Celestún is…
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Mauritius and Plans Disrupted
I was amongst that group who was not familiar with it until I met a lovely nurse at a hospital in Calgary. Once she heard about our lifestyle she proudly proclaimed she was from Mauritius and we should definitely go there. My curiosity was piqued. As luck would have it, once we had picked up our rental…
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Spring Has Sprung
As I mentioned in an earlier post, adaptability is key to our house sitting lifestyle. Despite the worldwide pandemonium, our life really has not been negatively influenced. In fact, it is going well. A couple of weeks ago we had settled into a fantastic cabin just outside of Calgary and were prepared to wait out…
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Some Rural Time
After spending the last four weeks in Calgary with an incredibly generous mother-in-law, we have moved out to the the rural area just outside of Calgary. The move also coincided with a dramatic improvement in the weather here, Thankfully. It is still dead and brown, but the blue skies and double digit temperatures let you…
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Pondering our Time in Panama
So, here we are closing in on the end of our 4.5 month stint in Panama. I have to say it has been quite an adventure. Through a friend, we were put in touch with the owners of this island paradise who required someone to act as caretakers while the resort was closed for the…
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Life as a Voluntary Castaway
Our current situation in Panama is interesting, familiar, and yet new and exciting. In the last six years of our life this will be the longest we have stayed continually, in one place (we’ll be outdoing that next year, but you’ll have to stay tuned for that story). Four and a half months voluntarily removed…
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Enjoying the World Around Us
We have settled into our new location in Bocas del Toro, Panama. Though this isn’t really a house sit, per se, it certainly has a lot of similarities. Karen and I have embraced the quasi-isolated nature of looking after this property and are very much enjoying it. As well, our Spanish language skills are improving nicely.…
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Local Sights
As our monsoon ended here in northern Queensland we were then treated to the very edge of cyclone Oma, off the east coast of Australia. Though some areas were hammered by winds and flooding, we were fortunate to just see a couple of blustery days and some heavy rain.
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Blackbird Babies
While doing a house sit in a suburb of Adelaide we have been treated to a wonderful experience. Before departing, the home owners told us of blackbirds nesting in the hedge in their backyard and that there were some eggs in it. If you follow my Instagram feed you will have seen most of these…
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Images from Fiji
Something wonderful I truly enjoy about our lifestyle is being able to have the time to stop and take in the beauty and wonder that surrounds all of us. It doesn’t matter where in the world you are, there is beauty around every corner. One just has to stop and take it in. Birds are…