Down But Far From Out

Yes, we lost some stuff, but it was only stuff.  The three of us are fine!!!

Although Placencia is not the perfect paradise that we thought it was, you must take the good with the bad.  We have taken the bad and now are looking for the good.

We have had two break-ins within a six week time period.  The first time Bob and Buddy ran down one of the thieves and our stolen stuff was retrieved.  The thief was put in jail and then released (yet again, as he was already out on bail for the same crime) and nothing more is said to us.  The second time we came home to find them running (they had spotters), but all they got was two computers and a really nice camera.  All just stuff.  It is unfortunate that we have joined at least fifteen of our neighbours that have been victimized by petty thievery.

A comment was made on Placencia Crime Watch that we should have left the dog at home.  Anyone that knows Buddy would agree, he is no guard dog, he is a family member who quite possibly could have been hurt had he challenged the thieves.  Anyone that comes prepared to pry open  a window frame and put a child through the burglar bars would be more than prepared for a dog on a porch.  We would rather have our dog safe and sound, thank you very much for your concern.

It is time for us to regroup and get ready for our come back.  We are not gone, just resting.

Sorry no pictures at this time as the camera is gone.

Tis The Season

It has been a pretty dry 'rainy season' but for the past week, we have definitely been getting rain.

The property next to us is mostly field and with the rain has become a bit of a wetland.  The past two nights have seen some drastic changes.  The water from the road has been flooding the field so much that it has overloaded onto the beach and part of the beach has collapsed.

They are now digging trenches to relieve the water through the field and the plan is that once the water is drained, they will put rocks across the beach front and backfill with sand.

Right now, da beach ends here!

Windows

The windows are looking good!!!

They do look like 'French' windows.

The new hurricane shutters are all in place, I guess we are ready now.

View from below.

Who Says You Can't Have It All?

It appears that we have both lake front and ocean front in one property.  It started raining hard yesterday evening and all through the night.  We woke up to......

Thirty feet of beach front and thirty-five feet of lake.

Looks like the lake is trying to reach the sea.

Our own mosquito harvesting lake, once the rain stops!

Comes up almost underneath the deck.

No break in the weather, still raining.

More clouds rolling in.

Break Out

It's a BREAK OUT day!!!

After almost two weeks, our burglar bars arrived today.  These bars were specially designed to give the look of french windows.  Now we can go out together again!!!

The kitchen side.

The front side.

And the view from the beach.