Everyone's Planning a Trip

It seems that everyone is planning a trip these days. That includes our little migratory creatures the hummingbirds and monarch butterflies. In the Charlotte area, we have ruby throats and these little guys have been scurrying around relentlessly in recent days. It is about time for them to depart for Central America. We're always amazed that they make this journey.

It's difficult to keep the feeders filled. When we leave the feeders will be freshly filled and hopefully that will be enough before they begin their long journey. After ours begin their migration, we always have others that stop in on their vacation.

The monarchs are especially busy also. I can't remember when I've seen so many. The buddlea in our backyard continuously has multiple visitors flittering around. The picture below was taken from the backporch at the home of Dale and Joan.

It was very pleasant, a slight breeze and a lot of conversation. They're planning to come to Cuenca in February.

I think Mick was telling a joke.

I have a weakness for stained glass so I had to have a picture of this from their dining room.

Sunday morning, our neighbor, Robert, came over to "clean out" the garage of stuff that you always need occassionally and never have, a lot of "fix it" stuff.

In the afternoon, we had dinner with Richard and Amy Griffin at Bonefish. They're a lot of fun! They've been following several of the blogs for sometime now. As it turns out, Amy knew Ed Staton back in high school and was surprised to find out that he's now in Cuenca. Richard and Amy will be visiting in the spring and are planning to relocate in a couple of years.

The weekend was relaxing but we're expecting a hectic week. The paperwork begins for Nikolas this morning. Our time here is quickly coming to an end and we're getting closer to Cuenca.

Until next time,

Mick and Kathy