Posted in Casita Colibrí, Churches, Travel & Tourism, Weather, tagged Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Soledad, clouds, Mexico, Oaxaca, photos, popular travel destinations, silhouettes, sunset, Templo de San José, views, vistas on January 25, 2021| 13 Comments »
January sunsets in Oaxaca are spectacular. Looking west, behind Templo de San José, Basílica de la Soledad, and the mountain Monte Albán sits atop, they often have me dropping whatever I’m doing, dashing out the door and onto the terrace to gaze — before the magic disappears into darkness.
Occasionally, the camera is nearby.
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 »
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 Churches, Creativity, Culture, Health, People, Tragedy, Travel & Tourism, tagged Ayotzinapa, demonstrations, Escuela Normal Rural, graffiti, Guerrero, healthcare, La catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, Leonel Castro Abarca, marmotas, Mexico, monos, Oaxaca, photographs, photos, popular travel destinations, protests, Santo Domingo de Guzmán, street art, sunset, urban art, workers on January 17, 2015| 2 Comments »
Ahhh, it feels good to be back in the warm and wonderful Oaxaca. There are the sounds… I awake to church bells, followed by the loudspeaker cry of “Gas de Oaxaca” from the propane vendor. Last night, as I was heading to bed, rockets exploded and, just now, the camote man’s steam whistle sounded, announcing tooth-achingly sweetened hot sweet potatoes and bananas. Then there are the sights…
The walls continue to talk… On Thursday, I saw this on Calle Morelos as I walked to the Alcalá and comida with friends. It remembers Leonel Castro Abarca, one of the 43 still-missing students from Escuela Normal Rural Raúl Isidro Burgos teachers’ college in Ayotzinapa, Guerrero.
On the way home from comida, I detoured to see what was to be seen on the zócalo. Teacher tents remain pitched around the bandstand, but the walkways were free of ambulantes, and, as always, the Cathedral presided over the scene.
Thursday, the familiar sounds of protest were irresistible. I grabbed my camera and headed out the front gate to see a massive march by healthcare workers on their way to the Plaza de la Danza. To be honest, tubas and cohetes would have had me out the door, too! It was way too quiet in el norte.
And, what can I say about last night’s sunset from the terrace?
Naturally, a marmota and pair of monos were waiting on the plaza in front of Santo Domingo this afternoon, awaiting a bride and groom to emerge. After all, it is Saturday — wedding day in Oaxaca!
I wonder what my ears will hear and my eyes will see, mañana…
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…
San Agustinillo, Oaxaca.
Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again. ― Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca
San Agustinillo, Oaxaca
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
Mazunte, Oaxaca
Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly. — Langston Hughes
Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you’ve imagined. —Thoreau
Estrella Fúgaz restaurant, Mazunte, Oaxaca
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. ― Edgar Allan Poe, Eleonora
Mazunte, Oaxaca
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…
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