Another overcast day - can't really see the ocean - but no rain yet!
Showing posts with label Sky. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sky. Show all posts
Monday, January 6, 2014
See!
Like I said - rainy days provide beautiful sunsets - - this one from the pool patio at El Castillo!
Another overcast day - can't really see the ocean - but no rain yet!
Another overcast day - can't really see the ocean - but no rain yet!
Sunday, January 5, 2014
Silence
It is funny how when the rain stops it is so silent!
The rain is so loud - especially the heavy tropical rain like we just had - and yet suddenly it stops and all is silent - and very still. The birds aren't chirping, and trees aren't moving, and there is none of the usual breeze. Bits of cloud hang in the mountain valley barely moving.
Doesn't last long - 5, maybe 10 minutes - then the birds start - a call here and there - soon it is back to the normal chatter.
Today was a rainy one - was over cast when we woke up, started raining around 10 and just let up now - 1:15. Good heavy rain - Lisle moved the car out of the carport so it could get the dust rinsed off! Brighter over the ocean now - hopefully a better afternoon!
It has rained almost every night this week - mother nature seems to be fighting off the dry season - the rain isn't a bad thing - keeps everything green - but is keeps the humidity up as well. The good thing about overnight rain is that the horizon starts to cloud over late in the afternoon - while you don't get to see the sun slip into the ocean, you do get spectacular sunsets.
The rain is so loud - especially the heavy tropical rain like we just had - and yet suddenly it stops and all is silent - and very still. The birds aren't chirping, and trees aren't moving, and there is none of the usual breeze. Bits of cloud hang in the mountain valley barely moving.
Doesn't last long - 5, maybe 10 minutes - then the birds start - a call here and there - soon it is back to the normal chatter.
Today was a rainy one - was over cast when we woke up, started raining around 10 and just let up now - 1:15. Good heavy rain - Lisle moved the car out of the carport so it could get the dust rinsed off! Brighter over the ocean now - hopefully a better afternoon!
It has rained almost every night this week - mother nature seems to be fighting off the dry season - the rain isn't a bad thing - keeps everything green - but is keeps the humidity up as well. The good thing about overnight rain is that the horizon starts to cloud over late in the afternoon - while you don't get to see the sun slip into the ocean, you do get spectacular sunsets.
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
It Stopped
Raining - that is!
It has been almost continuous since yesterday morning - - doesn't look like it has stopped everywhere, or that it will last!!
It has been almost continuous since yesterday morning - - doesn't look like it has stopped everywhere, or that it will last!!
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
What a Spectacular Day
The sun is bright and hot (34C by the outdoor thermometer). While there are some clouds over the mountain top, they are mostly bright, and the rest of the sky is blue streaked with white wisps. The ocean is glistening in the sunlight and is still. There is a breeze from the ocean that cools the intensity of the sun. I have retreated from the patio sofa as the late afternoon sun has reached it and both the heat and the brightness make a continuation of my reading impossible. A complete change from the mist, clouds and torrential rains for the past 3 days - a day that - except for the mountain clouds - is more like February than August. The only such day since our arrival 5 weeks ago.
We are dog-sitting for David and Helene, and Deezle has found a cool, shady, breezy place on the patio tiles to sleep.
This morning we visited our friend Judy. She has lived here almost 12 years, having bought property across the valley with her partner (now back in the states due to illness). She has a wonderful if modest house (much more like a Tico home than ours) on 6 acres of hillside with a stunning view of the ocean and the entire village of Ojochal. She knows how to live with the locals and get things done - a treat to visit with. We sipped ice tea and gossiped.
Great view of our house from her front patio!
Reading the new J.K. Rowling's mystery - interesting
An hour in the pool chatting as the sun loses its intensity readying to set.
A cocktail listening to the howlers in the distance
Sunset!!
Dinner of chicken breast and potatoes with a good glass of wine.
TV, wine, the sound of the frogs and crickets
A great day.
We are dog-sitting for David and Helene, and Deezle has found a cool, shady, breezy place on the patio tiles to sleep.
This morning we visited our friend Judy. She has lived here almost 12 years, having bought property across the valley with her partner (now back in the states due to illness). She has a wonderful if modest house (much more like a Tico home than ours) on 6 acres of hillside with a stunning view of the ocean and the entire village of Ojochal. She knows how to live with the locals and get things done - a treat to visit with. We sipped ice tea and gossiped.
Great view of our house from her front patio!
Reading the new J.K. Rowling's mystery - interesting
An hour in the pool chatting as the sun loses its intensity readying to set.
A cocktail listening to the howlers in the distance
Sunset!!
Dinner of chicken breast and potatoes with a good glass of wine.
TV, wine, the sound of the frogs and crickets
A great day.
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Shocking
Thursday, December 22, 2011
The Sky's The Limit
Everyone asks - Do you have a spectacular view of the ocean? Yes we do (well not spectacular as in expansive, but the view is such).
But the ocean view is great only because is offers a great perspective on the sky - the clouds, the light, the sun setting. The same is offered by the view across the mountain valley and over the peaks, and through the jungle to the mountains and sky beyond.
Sitting here now, the ocean and coast is in fog and rain, we are in the sun and there is a wonderful rainbow in the sky.
And of course the full sunset!
But the ocean view is great only because is offers a great perspective on the sky - the clouds, the light, the sun setting. The same is offered by the view across the mountain valley and over the peaks, and through the jungle to the mountains and sky beyond.
Sitting here now, the ocean and coast is in fog and rain, we are in the sun and there is a wonderful rainbow in the sky.
Dawn over the mountains
Sunset over the ocean
A storm brewing
And of course the full sunset!
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