Hello from the Philippines!

Beautiful autumn day

A window into my life on the island...

We've spent most of our days hiding away from the rain, except for the occasional wet trek into town, which we had to take by trike since Jason can't ride the motorcycle right now (gout in the foot, ouch!).

But over the past few days the clouds have lightened up and made way for la sol, almost as if on cue for Fiesta. 

This is my first Fiesta here and I haven't seen too much of it yet, but locals hung streamers throughout the neighborhood and around the palm trees on the beach.

I felt like I was in New Orleans this morning with the jazz band marching down the street. Sorry, no pictures - I was still in bed!

I think there might be dancing and singing going on at some point and I'll hopefully get to snap some photos of what I can imagine to be a whirlwind of brilliant colors and celebration.

Just now I'm catching up on laundry. About to wring out the linens and hang them in the sun to dry. While in between washes I snapped this pic of Stewie. He's 11 weeks old now and rambunctious as ever :)

Look at that cute little white patch of hair on his chest

Oh! And this!

I can't wait to share this with you! It's almost complete and I'm adding to it almost every day, so there might be even more goodies listed before the November start date. 

Click on the photo for more information, and I hope to see you in the group!