After the brunch

After all the guests had departed and

all the dishes were cleaned and put away-

Russell made cocktails-

While Harry and Kathe cleaned and freezer wrapped

the 20 or so lobster tails that were dropped off...

what would cost a lot in the states-were $40 here..

Not to mention all the strawberries that were

delivered-wowee

and Pam picked all the crab that was brought by too....

Kathe gets close instructions by the pro!

Pam kept picking the crab and Kathe and Harry made dinner...

What a day!!!

Brunch Time

The table is set and totally gorgeous! We are ready.....

Russell and Harry are ready........................

Kathe and Pam are certainly ready.....................

Pam puts the finishing touches on the first course....

Russell carefully opens the champagne for Mimosas!

The honored guests arrive...................

The very happy and quite satisfied
guests at the end of the 2 hour brunch!

We served fruit plates with beignets

Caprese salad with crab quiche

Steak and eggs with Bernaise sauce

and

Blueberry Sorbet with Molasses Lace Cookies.....

Pam cooked it all

Kathe served it all

Russell did all the dishes

Harry ran interference and made sure it all went smoothly!

What a team!

Tuesday is the BIG BRUNCH DAY

Today all of us will be working our little behinds off in preparing and serving Pam and Harry's
Brunch that was donated TWO years ago and the Oberto's are just NOW cashing it in-Russell and I will be the French Servers-I even have a silly French Upstairs Maid costume complete with curly blond wig and mesh stockings....oooo la la.....

Meanwhile....yesterday the ice cream man drove 14 miles down our dirt road to play his little song (all ice cream trucks must come with that tune) and so of course we had to have a cona !

Big smile from our friendly ice cream guy-he was serving maplenut ice cream.....yummy and eat fast as it melts quickly in the heat of the day!

Russell enjoying his cone................

Bye bye..................

A Typical Early Morning

Even before sunrise I wake up to another day in paradise!

The morning colors here are spectacular
I happily wash the dishes from last night's delicious fish dinner ( Russell caught the fish!)
And then I might make a little drawing..................another good start to another great day

Annual Pig Roast

While I spent part of the morning drawing..........................
Chaparro worked on chewing up his rawhide bone........................
Later on in the late afternoon we went to Shell Beach for the Annual Pig Roast and potluck...
I think this year it sould have been called the Revenge of the Pig Roast as the pig was so huge...
It got stuck inside the BBQ and when the men were attempting to get it out the metal bar got bent from the weight and the pig being stuck....such drama!

Saturday, March 10, 2007

A trip to Mulege to visit a fabulous artist...

Yesterday Pam drove us to Mulege (about one hour away) to meet Maria who is such a nice person and a fantastic glass mosaic artist. Here are some pics of her work and her garden.........

Friday, March 09, 2007

We took a 4+mile walk

Russell and I decided yesterday to walk over to a house that is for sale-good grief-what we thought was a 2 mile walk was a 4+mile walk ONE WAY! WE made it and saw why it was for sale-out on a high knoll with NO sun protection. The folks that built it didn't put any porticos or verandas around it and the sun and wind must be pretty harsh....great view though.

On the way back I stuck my thumb out and we rode back......here's a few pics of our walk.

Russell is snoozin' after a hard days hike............