Domesticity

I've often described my long trips to Cozumel not as a vacation, but as living gently.  In a very nice place. This includes domestic chores, kinda just like at home.

My favourite, in many ways, is laundry.  There are many laundromats around.  But they can get expensive. The last time I checked, it was about $7 for a large grocery bag full of clothes!  So I hand wash.  In our nice outdoor sink. With Zote, my favourite laundry soap bar.  With my head in the trees.  Watching birds!

Cooking has become a pretty nice thing to do here too. Since Toby took charge of the BBQ!  I do most of the veggie washing and cutting.  He grills.  Yummy! And healthier than most restaurants.  Where veggies are usually scarce.

A housekeeper named Anita comes every 2 weeks.  She's very sweet and thorough.  She changes our bed and towels, sweeps, mops, dusts and cleans the bathroom.  The place looks awesome when she's done!!!  But we do have to sweep and dust in between.  Poor us....

Pictures

1 &3) I love how colourful this laundry is, and doing laundry outside with my head in the trees.  Toby seems pretty good with it too :)

2) The humble beginning of my new knitting project.  A skirt for use when I'm back home!

4) I was lucky enough to be on the waterfront when some fishermen were coming back to shore.  Toby gave me his best fish face when preparing it.

5 & 7) Toby has made us some excellent food on the BBQ!

6) This pineapple had 2 tops!