The girls and I hired a tour boat to take us around the Granada archipelago. You can see that Naomi is inspecting the stitching on that lifejacket. She is very safety conscious.
One of the islands is populated with a group of monkeys. Apparently some guy put some monkeys on the island a few years back and ofcourse they can't get off. The tourists keep the monkeys fed by bringing them fruit and cookies. One of the monkeys was preggers. (Congrats!)
We had a little party with some of our new friends. Good food and a few laughs were had. Everybody brought their kids so we had 10 kids in the house but they all played very well together except for the "incident".
Here is a good picture of all the kids. Swimming pools make a great party....better.
We have a frog who lives in the garden. We only catch a glimpse of him/her once in a while but he really enjoyed the fiesta and just had to make an apperance. His name is pat and he eats grasshoppers.
Moving to a new home can be very exciting. Moving can also be stressful and exausting but I have found opportunities arise that can change the lens to which one sees things. For example, when we moved into our new house I had a feeling of being lost. I knew where I was ofcourse but I felt like I didn't know which way to go.....so, I open the fridge. Perhaps I am hungry, after all it's morning and I am just getting out of bed. I don't feel hungry and I am soaking wet because I just got out of the pool. Nothing in the fridge but luckily Maia knows exactly what she wants...cereal. Under her direction I grab the milk and two bowls. I wipe the table quickly because the bats have left some half eaten fruit on it and we sit to eat. Maia digs into her cheerios with gusto and is very happy that I am eating the same thing. I don't know why the cereal isn't blowing my hair back and I sense that my tongue is mumbling for a distant routine. We finish our breakfast and Maia keeps the conversation quite entertaining as usual. When we leave the house for school I happily kiss Emilie goodbye and meander down the sidewalk. Maia and I take our time and take micro rests whenever we see stairs that we can sit on. And then I see it. The steam rising from the cup makes my mouth roll around the bed, stretching for the corners. I ask Maia if we can sit down for a minute and she agrees. She orders a fruit drink and I order a fresh cup of coffee. The coffee is delicious and I instantly feel at home. My senses perk up, but more interestingly, the feeling of being lost fades.
In all the excitement of moving to Granada and without the commercials, advertisements, and coffee shops on every corner I forgot that I like coffee in the morning. As you may have guessed by now, I really enjoyed my first cup of coffee here. It really is the little things that can make any location feel like home.
6 comments:
You're such a good writer Adam!
I loved that entry... it's so true that that one familiar taste can make you feel so at home. It must have been one good cup of coffee!
Emilie looks so beautiful in the pool.
What was "the incident"?
love to you all.. xoxoxoo Lauren
i too compliment you on your writing! and also wonder, what was the "incident"? and yes , emilie looks beautiful in that pool picture! well, i guess lauren said everything i wanted to say!
love to you all, ma
ditto!
Your hazy morning sounded beautiful (it made me especially miss Maia), and I felt transported to that moment. Great to be so close to you guys again, thank you.
xoxoxo much much love
Hola familia Maroncita,
Que casa más linda! Que vida más maravillosa. Ustedes ya supieron alcanzar sus sueños y además han encontrados las palabras justas para compartilos con nosotros y darnos el soplo de esperanza e
inspiración.
Un abrazo fuerte para todos
Y mucho amor
Andrés y María
PD: Does this tiny house actually has a guests room (pieza de invitados)? ja!ja!ja!
Hola. ¿Cómo estás? Me encanta la nueva casa, se ve hermosa.
Quiero venir a visitar. Todos ustedes parece tan saludable y feliz. ¿Esto tiene sentido, sólo he estado aprendiendo español durante una hora? Estoy muy emocionado de escuchar acerca de su nuevo negocio!
I decided to learn Spanish too, pretty easy init......lol. But me thinks it would be fun to learn. I love reading your blogs one of the fun things is guessing who's writing it. Thought this one was em's till I got to the bit at the end. Te he. Actually I think you should both think about writing a novel or becoming journalists, cause ya damn good at this writing malarky. So what is your new business gonna be?
Grandes abrazos, te echo de menos. Adiós T
I agree with the others - this was a lovely description that Adam wrote ... - concur with the others. You should consider writing ! You know what's funny - the first half of the posting, I swear I could hear those words coming out of Emilie's mouth ... !! I am glad also to see the spanish comments so I can keep up on my espanol. I heard that Karen got to chat with Emilie via internet. I'm so jealous :)
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