Feb 06, 2012

Vivaldi y Haydn

Yesterday, Sunday, was the last day in the La Camerata Symphony series conducted by Gordon Campbell founder & director  of the OSSLA ( Orquesta Sinfonica Sinaloa de las Artes of which Colin has attended many concerts in Culican over the years )  at the Teatro Angela Peralta.

There were so many events happening in Mazatlan this day but this one was top notch. New look from the outdoor foyer.

 

The theatre appeared to be almost sold out.

 

First on the program was Vivaldi's Four Seasons. The concertmaster violin soloist ( sad to say I can't for certain recall his name ) was extraordinary as were the rest of the musicians. A real treat for music lovers and much deserving of his standing ovation.

 

Coming back from intermission....

 

After the Intermedio we were treated to Sinfonia no.45 by Haydn. In a nutshell this symphony was written by Haydn with a musical hint for the visiting Prince to leave the palace so the rest of the musicians could go home!! The music was written so that at the end, musician by musician blew out the candle lighting their music and left the room till no one was left. The Prince got the hint and left the next day. Meanwhile back in Mazatlan we were treated to a wee reenactment. If you look very very closely you will see a lit candle at the edge of each music stand. The theatre lights were dimmed, the music began and the room was filled with marvellous sounds. Towards the end of the final Adagio, one by one the muscians blew out their candles and left the stage.....

 

....till there were only two ( the conductor had also left ) to play the last few melodic notes. BRAVO!!!!

 

Hopefully this series will become a part of Mazatlan’s future.  And as Gordon Campbell mentioned prior to the second half…….please let everyone know that Mazatlan is indeed safe!  Please come visit and tell your friends.

 

What could be more perfect……..

...than a lovely late lunch with friends before heading back to Isla de la Piedra!

 

Life is good, eh!

 

 

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Feb 05, 2012

Time off!

We didn’t see the sun for two entire days!  It was totally overcast, dull & grey, still warm except for certain wind gusts.  I hibernated and napped.  It was great, finished a few books and seriously thought about making stews and soups and all those wonderful winter foods.  Just thought about it mind you, certainly did not act on it.

The clouds lifted last night to give us a sunset.

 

Our sunsets are more spectacular when the sun sets more to the left. Of course if we were in Mazatlan we would be able to watch the sun dip into the ocean.

 

Looks like we are back to normal this morning!

 

In fact it seems that my camera is back to almost normal.  Somehow in the last few months my CCD screen has developed several dust spots and was seriously affecting my photos.  I put a plea out on the Mazatlan Forum about camera repair and sure enough there actually is a fellow that repairs cameras here in Mazatlan.  In Canada repairs start at $100.00 per hour, mine was repaired for 250 pesos ($19.60) with next day service.  I was ready to order a new camera online for $200.00.  So because I didn’t have to spend that $200.00 doesn’t that mean that I have 2549 pesos to play with today?

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Feb 03, 2012

RV related thought

I read this quote ( written by Bernice Beard ) many many years ago in a magazine.

“Freedom is basic to camping  ~ freedom to relax, or to shop, or to cook, or to read or to eat in your own vehicle, or to stay inside when others sit at a group campfire, or to sleep late, or to sightsee.”

 

Once, after describing a particularly pleasant evening, Bernice borrowed a quote from a friend by saying, “we made a memory“.  In my opinion that sums up those special times in our lives.

We keep this plaque in our RV

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Feb 02, 2012

Perfect day….

…too much of a good thing!  Have I mentioned lately how much we love it here?

 

Wednesday was our third 30C day with a lovely warm breeze off the water.  Unfortunately I couldn’t get out in the morning because I was having my massage:) 400 pesos ( just under $24.00 ) for 90 minutes of bliss.  It really doesn’t get much better than that….but it did!

We heard that our friend, Ely, was helping out this week at his inlaws restaurant here on the Isla.  So most of RV2 and half of RV1 went over for some fun in the sun.

Ely serving drinks as fast as he can..

 

...as was his wife Anita!

It's thirsty work enjoying the beach over at Pizza Benji's!

 

A few games were brought along. If you look across the water, over the head of the girl in the blue cap you will see a white building. Tres Amigos 1 is to the left of it and Tres Amigos 2 is to the right of it.

 

See the RV at the left of the photo ( that is a private lot ). We are to the right of that, if you look closely you can see our palapa to the right of a low white wall.

 

Great staff and great pizza....so good that half of a medium filled us up right till this morning.

 

The restaurant is in the background. There is room to dry camp here for smaller units.

 

Remember all the sunset shots, this place is located in front of the closest mountain, so we look across at it everyday. It is connected to us by a narrow causeway that is a good walk from here.

 

Tonight there is a special spaghetti dinner at another local Isla restaurant organized by yet another fellow RVer.  Then there is Art Walk Friday, the Symphony Sunday and on and on.  Way too much for us but we do get out here and there.  Too much fun can be exhausting.  We need to rest up for the next time.

 

 

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Feb 01, 2012

Flowers from seeds…

Towards the end of November we built a small flower garden and I planted three types of seeds.

 

It took a while but they started to grow. I faithfully watered them and eventually added a bit of fertalizer. The white rope you see to the right is a rope light running thru the bed.

 

...and now about 2 months later I have flowers from seeds. I just love watching them grow day by day.

 

Next year I will have to leave a space for the girls to sit in the garden without having to sit on my flowers!

 

The sweet peas have grown a bit but no flowers yet. They are not happy and are starting to die. I think that possibly the wind and the salt air are upsetting them.

 

Fish update:

Blog reader and good friend Chuck left a comment on yesterdays post.  The fish I mentioned were not tuna but

the fish are Jack Cravels, they are called Toros by the Mexicans, very dark red meat.

The huge catch has been the talk of the Isla and many pangas have been going out to replicate the feat.

 

MOM UPDATE:

She is doing much better having been home a week now.  More able to get in and out of chairs and moving about easier.  Apparently the bedside chairs in the hospital were too low for her to get up from. You think the staff might have noticed.  Dad says she has lost 16 pounds of excess fluid in that last week.  I really wish I could lose 16 pounds in a week 😎

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