Sunday evening, after spending a couple of hours downloading stuff and using skype, I came home hungry, tired and ready to finish my day with a simple but tasty dinner according with the celebration of Her Majesty's birthday so I prepared some porridge, bread with butter and Marmite and enjoyed my meal while watching episodes of Fawlty Towers (and no, I am not kidding. I loooooove those three things:porridge, Marmite, Fawlty Towers).
However, as a consequence of (probably) the number of bowls of porridge I ate, Monday morning I woke up with some kind of stomach ache that stopped me from going to dive so around 9.30 I went for my daily walk with the morning heat and everything.
When walking in front of Sunset Cabana I noticed the number of birds that were around the pond and remember that last summer, around August, one morning I woke up with that feeling that something unusual was happening. And it was true. I went to the window of the apartment where I lived, in Pelican House, and look outside. There they were. Three beautiful flamingos were walking with that elegant unique style...
As fast as possible I took my camera and went downstairs and I realized that there were more flamingos around. All of them with different shades of pink. There were also two pelicans that seemed to be "patrolling" the pond. They did not look very happy about the flamingos being around... It was a fantastic show beside my house. Amazing.
With all those memories in my head, I took some minutes this morning to watch the birds around the pond and just enjoy them. It's so fantastic to have this. I mean, never ever getting used to these wonderful things that the island has. Not to take anything for granted. Any little thing that we can see here every day, every time that we see this amazing turquoise water, or the flamingos, or the birds, or the magnificent sky at night I feel how lucky we are. We live in a place that most of the people dream of.
And I am not naive. I know that living here is not easy. But every day, I remember the "up"s of this place because they allow us to deal with the "down"s.
I am posting a couple of the pics I took that morning of August 2009. The flamingos are already here, I saw them this morning at the salina. There is beauty everywhere here. It's just a matter of taking the time to notice it and then some extra time to enjoy it.
See you later or tomorrow.
However, as a consequence of (probably) the number of bowls of porridge I ate, Monday morning I woke up with some kind of stomach ache that stopped me from going to dive so around 9.30 I went for my daily walk with the morning heat and everything.
When walking in front of Sunset Cabana I noticed the number of birds that were around the pond and remember that last summer, around August, one morning I woke up with that feeling that something unusual was happening. And it was true. I went to the window of the apartment where I lived, in Pelican House, and look outside. There they were. Three beautiful flamingos were walking with that elegant unique style...
As fast as possible I took my camera and went downstairs and I realized that there were more flamingos around. All of them with different shades of pink. There were also two pelicans that seemed to be "patrolling" the pond. They did not look very happy about the flamingos being around... It was a fantastic show beside my house. Amazing.
With all those memories in my head, I took some minutes this morning to watch the birds around the pond and just enjoy them. It's so fantastic to have this. I mean, never ever getting used to these wonderful things that the island has. Not to take anything for granted. Any little thing that we can see here every day, every time that we see this amazing turquoise water, or the flamingos, or the birds, or the magnificent sky at night I feel how lucky we are. We live in a place that most of the people dream of.
And I am not naive. I know that living here is not easy. But every day, I remember the "up"s of this place because they allow us to deal with the "down"s.
I am posting a couple of the pics I took that morning of August 2009. The flamingos are already here, I saw them this morning at the salina. There is beauty everywhere here. It's just a matter of taking the time to notice it and then some extra time to enjoy it.
See you later or tomorrow.
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