Going home

Dearest Honey

You are going home today and it must be very exciting and daunting.

I thought I would share today an unusual look at the private life of a special resident of these shores. No, don't look at the beach hut on the pier and the beautiful sand. Look at the splishy splashy events going on in the front of the picture. (clicky to embiggen)



That's turtles mating.

It's a delightfully splashy affair. At a mean weight of about 150 kilos each, they both try to hover at the waterline, splashing their front flippers to keep their heads above water. Meanwhile one can only surmise at the slippery shelly grappling that goes on below the waves.

It's a good thing conservation agencies are encouraging tourists to come out at night to usher the hatchlings down to the waterline, so that land predators can't get them. Because quite frankly when one observes the moment of their conception, it's amazing the wee beasties are conceived at all.

Enjoy your homecoming
Love you
Marianne

Great Corn Island

Good morning lovely Honey

Peter and I have been to Great Corn Island, off the Nicaraguan Caribbean coast. You'll find it in the guidebook I sent you. Here are some of the pretty sights we saw.









Love you
Marianne

Happy Dolphins

Dearest Honey,

I'm just off to teach freediving in Malta, not sure there will be any dolphins like this, but I'll be hoping! They are so amazing and clever and healing, I hope you like this clip!

xxxxxx

Little Saint Dominic

Afternoon Honey

I am staying indoors today because the whole of Managua is walking past my house. Ten days ago they took Minguito, a small polychrome/wood saint who could well be in the region of 400 years old, from his eponymous church up behind my house down to the main cathedral in Managua, and now he is being taken home again, accompanied by pilgrims, the faithful, the curious and the weavingly drunk.

You can read all about it here. All I know is the firecrackers sound like there is a revolution happening out there.

The cats said they'd prefer to stay in and do a little light reading instead, while I debarnacle for Peter's arrival tonight.



Love you
Marianne

Polyfilla

Morning lovely Honey

I looked up Polyfilla on Google images and discovered P3te. I hope you enjoy this and him!



Love you
Marianne

Sleeeeeeep.....

Dearest Honey,

OK. You can have Pema in your room if, and only if, the following phenomenon does not occurr.



Love you!
Marianne

More wonderful dancing for you!

Dearest Honey,

This film always makes me smile and then cry with happiness! I hope the joy within it radiates through you and makes you laugh!

Thinking of you always and glad you are surrounded by love and light. I bet the weather in your ward is a million times more cheery than the weather we've been having!

Love you xxxxxxxx

1000 hand dance

Hello lovely Honey

Today I thought you would like a bit of ballet. The dance itself is impressive enough without the clincher that this is a group of deaf dancers. How they do it is anyone's guess.



Love you
Marianne