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All the original posts of our winter are still here. We enjoyed it so much in Guaymas that we decided we wanted to live there. We returned to Alberta, Canada just long enough to sell everything we owned and have now moved here. Stay tuned for all the adventures we will have in our new life in our adopted country.http://brendandroygoingtomexico.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Brenda Maas)Blogger983125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14365559.post-8262408503488916107Thu, 12 Jan 2017 03:37:00 +00002017-01-11T20:41:05.578-07:00out of mexicoWe are no longer living in Guaymas, we returned to live in Canada some years ago;because of health concerns. I had the blog set to private for quite a while; but as there are some people who are still interested in reading it I have again set it to public. We loved the time that we spent living in Guaymas and still miss it at times. ****If you are reading this please, please remember that any http://brendandroygoingtomexico.blogspot.com/2017/01/a-quick-update.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brenda Maas)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14365559.post-3019827089978635136Mon, 19 May 2014 05:02:00 +00002014-05-18T22:02:46.999-07:00GuaymaspaintingpatioroofsonorawallsThis afternoon to our surprise the painters showed up to paint the newly done patio roof and also the walls. Our landlady had told us that she was going to hire them to do the work; but we had no idea of when they were coming. A few hours later it was all finished, looks really good.  Now just waiting for the tiles to be put onto the floor and the patio will finally be done. http://brendandroygoingtomexico.blogspot.com/2014/05/painting-patio.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brenda Maas)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14365559.post-3106840125485608527Fri, 09 May 2014 01:14:00 +00002014-05-08T18:14:51.102-07:00dessertno bake chocolate cheesecake.Normally neither one of us is big on eating dessert, it is something that I make every once in a while; but not on a regular basis. I have a bunch of cream cheese in the deep freeze that I am trying to use up so we have been eating some good stuff lately if you like cheesecake type desserts. I was surfing online for a no bake chocolate cheesecake the other day as I also had some chocolate I want http://brendandroygoingtomexico.blogspot.com/2014/05/dessert-anyone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brenda Maas)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14365559.post-3351875093106174971Mon, 05 May 2014 16:31:00 +00002014-05-05T09:31:24.856-07:00cinco de mayomangosour viewpatio viewSitting on the patio having our morning coffee and I thought I would just share a couple of photos of what we look out at daily. Lovely morning, birds are singing, hummingbirds are eating and fighting and there is not a cloud in the sky. This photo made me think of the cycle of life: birth, life and death all in one photo.  I love how the new Mango leaves start off such a pretty purple http://brendandroygoingtomexico.blogspot.com/2014/05/morning-coffee-and-cycle-of-life.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brenda Maas)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14365559.post-3573716833441892825Sat, 03 May 2014 14:18:00 +00002014-05-03T07:18:24.844-07:00GuaymasHermosilloLa ColoradaSan Jose de PimasonoraTecoripaAfter San Javier we again headed down the road.  We were ready for breakfast so stopped in Tecoripa.  There wasn't much in the town; but we found a small place with two old kitchen tables that called itself a restaurant.  When we walked in we thought there was no place to sit as one table had 3 or 4 men seated at it eating and the other table was full of juice, sodas, etc..  http://brendandroygoingtomexico.blogspot.com/2014/05/road-trip-part-8-san-javier-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brenda Maas)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14365559.post-1862340276323034977Fri, 02 May 2014 16:37:00 +00002014-05-02T09:37:33.238-07:00miningSan JaviersonoraSan Javier is an old mining town and there are still active mines around the area.  We noticed lots of what looked like small family operations going on in the hills and there are also large company mines. Sonora has large deposits of many ores/minerals of which copper and gold are two. We wandered around a bit, talked to a few people and just sat and relaxed in the plaza. http://brendandroygoingtomexico.blogspot.com/2014/05/road-trip-part-7-san-javier-sonora.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brenda Maas)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14365559.post-7137670541667456490Thu, 01 May 2014 15:06:00 +00002014-05-01T08:06:25.554-07:00San JaviersonoraYecoraThe road was much better between Yecora and the old mining town of San Javier so out came the camera again. Some shots on the road.  Click to enlarge. Oak leaves??? Pretty purple flowers on shrubs http://brendandroygoingtomexico.blogspot.com/2014/05/road-trip-part-6-scenes-on-road-between.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brenda Maas)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14365559.post-836545007257211573Wed, 30 Apr 2014 13:37:00 +00002014-04-30T06:37:36.401-07:00ruta de la SierrasonoraYecoraBack on the road and onto the next town. A couple of the sights along the way. As always click on the photos to view them larger or hit Control and the photo. I laughed when we saw these guys just a heading down the road. The road improved somewhat and then there was this. We finally arrived at the junction where our "highway", and I use that term very loosely, http://brendandroygoingtomexico.blogspot.com/2014/04/road-trip-part-5-yecora.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brenda Maas)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14365559.post-3166643070610901800Tue, 29 Apr 2014 13:42:00 +00002014-04-29T06:55:08.114-07:00Arivechiplazaruta de la SierrasonoraThe paved road from Bacanora onward just kept getting worse and worse.  We were travelling very slowly over narrow paved road full of potholes, no shoulders of course, and almost never any guardrails.  The few times we did see guard rails we knew we had better be darn careful!   At times there were so many potholes that it was impossible to dodge them, there was just no where to http://brendandroygoingtomexico.blogspot.com/2014/04/road-trip-part-4-arivechi-sonora.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brenda Maas)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14365559.post-3905867715401619208Mon, 28 Apr 2014 15:36:00 +00002014-04-28T08:36:03.713-07:00Sahuaripasonora We left Bacanora and headed to the next small town of Sahuaripa which in the Opata language apparently means Yellow Ant. Remember what I said about this being cattle country?  We saw lots of this on the road. As always, once we arrived, we drove around until we found the church and plaza.  This town reminded me a bit of Alamos, Sonorahttp://brendandroygoingtomexico.blogspot.com/2014/04/road-trip-part-3-sahuaripa-sonora.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brenda Maas)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14365559.post-8930635617905969519Sun, 27 Apr 2014 22:07:00 +00002014-04-27T17:59:23.792-07:00BacanorasonoraWe left Mazatan and continued on our way to our next stop which was Bacanora.   Along the way we saw one of several mines that we were to see during our short trip.  There are lots of mining operations in Sonora, some of which are copper and gold.  This is also cattle ranching country. (Click on pictures to enlarge them.) Mine The road at this point was still prettyhttp://brendandroygoingtomexico.blogspot.com/2014/04/road-trip-part-2-bacanora.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brenda Maas)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14365559.post-5343240260181234859Sun, 27 Apr 2014 04:18:00 +00002014-04-26T21:19:40.439-07:00carne con chiliMazatanruta de la SierrasonoraWe have been planning on a short road trip for a while now; but wanted to wait until it warmed up a bit. Where we wanted to go is quite a bit higher altitude than where we live right at sea level and therefore much colder at night. We thought that after Semana Santa, (Easter), would be a good time so we packed up some extra blankets and left for a few days. This was our route. We http://brendandroygoingtomexico.blogspot.com/2014/04/a-little-road-trip.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brenda Maas)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14365559.post-123189868216733683Tue, 22 Apr 2014 03:47:00 +00002014-04-21T20:47:54.285-07:00hummingbirdsOne of our favorite things to do is to sit in our chairs on the patio that are right in front of the hummingbird feeder.  They watch us watching them.  I never tire of their antics, they are aggressive, curious, intelligent and totally amazing. This year, for the first time, we had a Rufous Hummingbird hang out at the feeder for a couple of weeks on its migration north and also every http://brendandroygoingtomexico.blogspot.com/2014/04/hummingbirds.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brenda Maas)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14365559.post-5387640314969581255Sun, 13 Apr 2014 16:17:00 +00002014-04-13T09:18:40.138-07:00kittensstreet animalsstreet catsWe knew just by looking around the street that there were going to be some new kids on the block soon. Some arrived and shortly thereafter disappeared, never to be seen again as happens often here. These came out of hiding yesterday; but I don't imagine that they will be around long either.  It is a tough life out on the street for them. For now they are cute. http://brendandroygoingtomexico.blogspot.com/2014/04/new-kids-on-block.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brenda Maas)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14365559.post-3619190611639174644Fri, 11 Apr 2014 19:53:00 +00002014-04-13T09:18:23.863-07:00Guaymashomehummingbirdsstreet animalsstreet catsJust a couple of photos today. 1.  Cat on a hot tin roof. 2.  Hungry Hummer. http://brendandroygoingtomexico.blogspot.com/2014/04/cat-on-hot-tin-roof.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brenda Maas)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14365559.post-2500940978545647362Sun, 30 Mar 2014 19:42:00 +00002014-03-30T12:42:01.978-07:00lunchpaintingricesweet and sour meatballsweatherIt is a shame to realize how boring I have become.  If I'm not posting photos of paintings then it is photos of food.  No excitement here for sure. I have used this recipe for sweet and sour meatballs with peaches for years and still go back to it every few months, along with rice that is what is our lunch today.  The peaches in the sauce instead of the pineapple that most recipeshttp://brendandroygoingtomexico.blogspot.com/2014/03/lunch-today.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brenda Maas)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14365559.post-3109511438697033379Thu, 27 Mar 2014 16:34:00 +00002014-03-27T09:35:37.678-07:0013 de Julio plazaCasa de culturaIglesia de San Fernandomaleconpainting classesYesterday I was in the middle of cooking our lunch when the phone rang.  On the other end of the line was a lady, originally from Guaymas; but now living in California.  I knew that she and her husband were supposed to be in town this week.  Doug had commented on the blog several years ago and we had met them when they were visiting that year.  Last year we missed seeing them http://brendandroygoingtomexico.blogspot.com/2014/03/visitors-in-town.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brenda Maas)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14365559.post-2316452416438612940Fri, 07 Mar 2014 22:15:00 +00002014-03-07T15:15:18.399-07:00art classsecondary schoolspecial ed class.Yes, I still hang out on here once in a while.  We haven't been doing anything exciting lately or anything that I have felt has been interesting enough to post. We skipped the Carnival completely this year, instead we watched the parade live on the local TV channel.  Fewer people and much more comfortable.  I think we are both past going to the parade route early enough to get a http://brendandroygoingtomexico.blogspot.com/2014/03/back-to-school.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brenda Maas)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14365559.post-8520885864622586936Mon, 17 Feb 2014 03:24:00 +00002014-02-16T20:24:31.271-07:00centroGuaymasIglesia de San Fernandopalacio municipalplaza de tres presidentesI was downtown this evening to go to an event and snapped a few photos of things while I was outside the event location. Lovely evening. http://brendandroygoingtomexico.blogspot.com/2014/02/early-evening-in-downtown.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brenda Maas)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14365559.post-5240319855601107678Fri, 31 Jan 2014 23:56:00 +00002014-01-31T17:56:17.205-07:00homemadespaghetti saucetomatoesYes, I am still alive, I am just being extremely lazy when it comes to blogging.  We haven't been doing anything exciting and I just haven't felt like writing about the weather, errands, classes, my painting, etc.. This morning we went and renewed our registration and plates for the car.  We didn't have to pay the one fee this year for whatever governmental reason so it was much http://brendandroygoingtomexico.blogspot.com/2014/01/cooking-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brenda Maas)12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14365559.post-7219345912658215499Wed, 01 Jan 2014 18:18:00 +00002014-01-01T11:18:50.921-07:00New YearsHappy New Year to you and yours, may the upcoming year be all that you wish it to be and more. My new years resolution is the same as it has been for many, many years. I RESOLVE NOT TO MAKE ANY RESOLUTIONS ON NEW YEARS. I decided on this, as I mentioned many years ago, as I finally figured out that if something was important enough for me to do then I would do it regardless of the day or time http://brendandroygoingtomexico.blogspot.com/2014/01/happy-new-year.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brenda Maas)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14365559.post-4904551113569823527Wed, 25 Dec 2013 18:20:00 +00002013-12-25T11:20:35.234-07:00MERRY CHRISTMAS FELIZ NAVIDADhttp://brendandroygoingtomexico.blogspot.com/2013/12/blog-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brenda Maas)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14365559.post-8913225780949240751Sat, 14 Dec 2013 17:01:00 +00002013-12-14T10:02:26.220-07:00artart salespaintingsRescate Christmas Bazaarsan carlosLast Saturday was the annual Rescate Christmas Bazaar in San Carlos. Anyone with anything to sell could rent a table and show their wares.  The Liga de Arte in San Carlos had an area and as part of the group I decided to take some paintings there this year for the first time. The attendance at the Bazaar seemed good, I am not sure how sales were for other people; but sales were down for http://brendandroygoingtomexico.blogspot.com/2013/12/san-carlos-christmas-bazaar.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brenda Maas)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14365559.post-7243090664668853576Sat, 30 Nov 2013 05:59:00 +00002013-11-29T23:00:44.020-07:00cantaloupesChristmas seasonwatermelonswinterWell it is that time of the month, the bills are due and paid.  Errands are run and all is calm on the home front.  December waits in the wings, with all its excitement and parties. It is also the time of the year that there is more local fresh fruit on the scene.  The 1/2 ton trucks with their boxes full of fruit are going through the neighbourhoods selling Cantaloupes - 3 for 10http://brendandroygoingtomexico.blogspot.com/2013/11/cantaloupes-and-watermelons.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brenda Maas)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14365559.post-591937061787322096Sun, 24 Nov 2013 15:33:00 +00002013-11-24T08:33:47.167-07:00mountainspatioviewsWe have great views from our windows and patio; whether it is sunny or on the occasional days when we get clouds. Yesterday we had a cold front blow in from Arizona along with clouds.  Ok, so it is not that cold; but for us it was chilly enough for jeans and heavier tops.  I think the temperature was around 25 C. or so. I took a few photos from the patio yesterday afternoon, just http://brendandroygoingtomexico.blogspot.com/2013/11/cloudy-day-views.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Brenda Maas)0