Sometimes, the sunset over the Basílica de la Soledad takes my breath away.
What can I say? I love the view from Casita Colibrí!
Posted in Casita Colibrí, Churches, Travel & Tourism, tagged Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Soledad, Basilica of Our Lady of Solitude, churches, Mexico, Oaxaca, photos, popular travel destinations, sunset on November 17, 2018| 14 Comments »
Posted in Buildings, Religion, Science & Nature, Travel & Tourism, Weather, tagged Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Soledad, Basilica de la Soledad, churches, Mexico, Oaxaca, photographs, photos, sunset on October 4, 2014| 2 Comments »
Yesterday, the Virgen del Rosario convite beckoned us to Tlacolula (more to come). After an hour and a half of photographing and relishing in the music, marmotas, monos, impossibly cute kids, and hospitality, we began losing the light as a dark and threatening sky began moving in. However, Mother Nature put on quite an extravaganza for our drive back to the city — towering clouds, sheets of rain, lightening streaking towards the ground, brilliant sun, and rainbows.
Once home, a weird and wondrous sunset.
Posted in Gardens, Restaurants, Sports & Recreation, Travel & Tourism, tagged beaches, boats, coconut tree, Daphne du Maurier quote, dream quotes, Edgar Allan Poe quote, Estrella Fúgaz, John Lennon quote, Mark Twain quote, Mazunte, Mexico, Oaxaca, photographs, photos, Puerto Escondido, Ralph Waldo Emerson quote, restaurant, San Agustinillo, sunset, Thoreau quote on October 2, 2014| Leave a Comment »
A gray, rainy day in Oaxaca has me returning to the beach in my dreams…
Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again. ― Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. — Mark Twain
Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly. — Langston Hughes
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you’ve imagined. —Thoreau
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. ― Edgar Allan Poe, Eleonora
Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true. ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
Posted in Nature & Science, Weather, tagged Mexico, Oaxaca, sunset on February 26, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Nature & Science, tagged Oaxaca, sunset on March 27, 2011| Leave a Comment »
This evening… sitting out on the covered portion of Casita Colibrí’s terrace, birds are chattering, wind chimes are tinkling, the occasional flincher is exploding in the distance, horns are honking (who knows what is blocking traffic on Morelos), church bells have begun chiming, and big rain drops are plopping down on the tin roof. The wind has planes, on their approach to Oaxaca’s little airport, flying over Casita Colibrí. Am I really here… in Southern Mexico?
And then, the sunset…