A week in the life of Zoey Beltran

Savannah, I took this picture an hour or so after your mom dropped Zoey
off with me. As soon as I put your tshirt down on her bed, she trotted
over and snuggled in with a big smile on her face! I know she misses
you, but we're having a good time keeping each other company until you
come back home!

Fireflies

I caught a firefly tonight on my way out to the the cliff for a little
nighttime reading in the breeze. Catching fireflies, in general, makes
me happy, but when I stopped and realized that it was November, and
that I was catching fireflies; well, that's when I puffed up with all
kinds of happiness. It's a really good life.

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Morning peaches

Sir Stumpy, wolfing down a large bite of peach this morning.
Thankfully, he finally shed his skin and is looking much less like a
tragedy.

Icharus

It's all-out war

If he goes for the rest of our tomatoes...

I'm not sharing my hammoc

Check out the freeloadin iguana in the far left of the trees. I see
him eyeballing my hammoc...

Our first tomato

 
It's the inaugural picking! This one happens to be a Better Boy, but there are Romas on the way. Lots and lots of tomatoes on the way! This fellow was quite tasty tonight with some fresh basil from the back porch, lots of basalmic, and some fresh mozarella. I can't wait for the rest to come in!

Teensy tiny crabs...

...Are ridiculously fun to catch!

Stormy skies

Last night, it rained like cats and dogs. Today, it's been sunny, then
cloudy, but always pleasantly breezy. I spent an hour or so on the
cliff reading and watching rain showers move across the ocean. This
picture is on my way back to the house.

Body Surfin at Borinquen

 
 
 
 
We spent a lovely Sunday afternoon at the beach with Leslie and Justin! The weather couldn't have been more perfect - sunny, warm and breezy. Good enough for hours of paddle ball before having to jump back in to cool off. The body surfing was a bit rougher though - the break is so close in to the shore, and it is HARD. My favorite is the very first picture - Justin is getting smacked in the head, I'm trying to jump the wave, and Leslie has been hurled off her board, lost at sea

Festival Isabela tiene sabor

Love those skirts! While I was taking my first flamenco lesson, I
couldn't quit twirling all that floaty fabric.

Festival Isabela tiene sabor

He may have given me a hard time about eating all the cake, but you
see who's bogarting the pineapple mango frappé...

Festival Isabela tiene sabor

More twirling swirling flamencoing

Festival Isabela tiene sabor

Flamenco dancers and a truly spectacular comb-over

Festival Isabela tiene sabor

Leslie and Justin

Festival Isabel tiene sabor

We just got back from one of the local food festivals. Lots of
phenominal food booths, great music and dancing. Great way to spend a
Saturday! Here's steve, giving me grief for eating too much of our
shared cake. Justin and Leslie know better!

Baby!

 

Halloween Party

 
 
 
 


Introducing Guitar Heroes Lars Umlaut and Shirley Crow - High Security Prisoner Dana King, and Jose, as well, Flash. Josh as the Ripper ( I can't remember which movie he's from), and Angelica as the world's cutest belly dancer. I was a bit out of place in the belly dancer circle, but they let me join since I at least had a henna tattoo around my belly button.

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Halloween

Halloween

All right - this year was absolutely the most fun ever! Steve and I started off the day by running in the Halloween 5K here on base. Time wasn't great, but it was a lot of fun! Then, we spent the rest of the day getting our costumes ready. The original plan was to go as Guitar Heroes with the couple who got us hooked on the game, but they bailed on us. Not to worry, we pulled it together with only half the band still intact. While shopping for Steve's makeup, I found the most awesome fingernails, and I was just starting to put the first one on when Flash and Dana showed up at the house. In an "oh-so-typical-Tracy maneuver, I started talking to them and instantly glued my fingers together. So, here's Dana trying to soak my fingers apart and leave some skin still intact. If you look in the top left of the second picture, you can see Steve being ever-helpful by whooping hysterically and taking the pictures.