Z and Be Seen

I never cease to appreciate the beauty of our flowering tropical trees. We have so many that it always seems several of them are blooming at any given time. Here is a Lluvia de Oro and a Tibouchina tree on the Paseo de los Viveros in Ixtapa.

Our longtime good friend Ramón Olea (brother of the beloved Hector Olea, qepd), besides being an excellent fisherman, also offers his panga "Oleaje" for tours in the bay and along the coastline as well as for day trips to Isla Ixtapa or Playa Manzanillo or wherever else you'd like to spend time enjoying some of our local beauty. I can't thank him enough for taking my family and me out recently to scatter my mother's ashes. Ramón Olea and Oleaje

This time of year with the customary smoke from all the fires as farmers prepare to plant corn one sunrise pretty much looks like another until the rains start in earnest, but we had some helpful breezes early yesterday that blew a lot of the smoke away and allowed us to enjoy this not very colorful but nonetheless picturesque sunrise as seen from our azotea. I hope you enjoy the images.