When it rains, it pours!! Especially if you live down here in Toledo, Belize. These are actually pictures from last week! Surprisingly, it has dried up again(!) and it hasn’t rained for about 6 days now. Well, there was a lot of water everywhere!! Here are some pictures to show you what we mean by a lot of water…
The duckie pond in the Zen coop is full again…we were supposed to re-do this one this year but did not find the time to get to it. It is lined with thick construction plastic (which the duckies have scratched up) and then it has been lined with rocks. When it rains everyday (which happens at this time of the year) it will get completely filled up like this. As it gets drier, the water does leak out of the holes in the construction plastic so it doesn’t hold water perfectly. We’ll have to sort this one out next year.
This year the big pond did not dry up. The water is high again…but the silly geese have forgotten that it exists again…we will have to lure them here with a corn trail…
Oh, and this year it has been re-stocked with tilapia thanks to Panda. We can go fishin’ in the new year!! (Panda’s doing okay by the way…last time we talked to him (which was a few days ago) he said that he felt fresh and ready to get on with things on the farm).
These are puddles that are more like little ponds…so you can understand why we wear wellies all the time.
Okay, so we are still up to our ears in trying to finish last minute construction and the wood that we had bought (tambran) has got black mold growing on it already. We still have to keep on going…rain or shine!!
It’s the quiet before the storm; we are preparing for Tropical Storm/ Hurricane Earl. This one is really for friends and family because communications may be down for the next couple of days. Well, we have everything boarded up, kerosene lights ready and plenty of food. I baked a whole tonne of bread today too! Gnome will hold a special meeting with the fowl this afternoon to remind them to keep their feet firmly planted on the ground…with demonstrations! Got to get some humour in it otherwise we could easily whip ourselves up into a frenzy!! Good Luck to all of us in this position!
We have had heavy rains and we are surrounded by a sea of water, the Jacinto River is up and there are flood signs everywhere. The river floods onto our road every year and it looks like this occurrence is imminent. In addition to all this, the truck is behaving dodgy (oh how technical of me!) and the two tonne front gate is still done broke. In other words we are on forced house arrest!
In response to this, I lifted my arms up in the air and flailed them from side to side. Testily I said,
Gnome:
It has been a few months since the new market opened in Punta Gorda, Toledo. I will take more pictures next time for some of our readers that don’t live in Toledo. For the town locals, this is to let you know that our 
Yes, Shock! Horror! We left our comfortable nest in the bush to go out for the evening. We went to Belcampo for Green Drinks with some friends. The scenery up there is spectacular; sipping on an ice cold drink whilst watching the sunset is certainly a pleasant experience!
