Out of the blue - and back again.....

 Wow, life got busy there for a minute....or should I say 8 months?

If you were following along on our adventure from Roatan to Honduras to Guatemala to Mexico to the USA and finally into NB, we made it! Ole Dolly loves her retirement life in Canada. She has been babied by Lakes Auto in Jemseg, studied the vast landscape of Queens County and settled into the garage snugly for the cold months. She's not a fan of the cold. How do I know? Well, she has a little wheeze when she is asked to start, once the temp drops below 0. No fault of her own, I too have a little wheeze and grumble when the winter approaches. 

The remainder of the drive was relatively uneventful, aside from the border crossing in Woodstock. I am not sure we have ever been made to feel so much like criminals as the day we were "pleasantly greeted back in to our home country" by one particular agent. Thankfully, the gentleman inside was helpful and far kinder than Lord Farquaad at the window. Alas, I digress!

The spring, summer and fall seasons seemed to fly by with our days spent gardening, food plotting on our new property - The Windy Hill and of course playing with our 3 beautiful grand babies. If you haven't had grand babies, it is not something that life ever truly prepares you for.  If you thought your heart could not love anything like your children, buckle up......the babies of your babies are a whole different chamber of the heart.

I know, I know you are all wondering where in heck are you now.... well we left NB when the weather got cold and hunting season was winding down. Neither of us had a successful hunting season, but we are super proud of the work that got put into the Windy Hill property. It made our hearts happy to see our oldest son responsibly harvest a beautiful 6 point buck after all the work put in. 

Since it the chill was in the air, we flew to Roatan for a little diving and visiting our Roa family. We spent 3 weeks there, with the first week bringing a whopping tropical storm, the second week a northerner (think Noreaster but with rain), then intermittent rain. The rain is warm, the people are kind and I loved being able to spend some time with some special people. From Roatan we flew to the Dominican Republic, where we will spend the next 3 months. The weather is hot, the food is delicious and the cost of living is low. We miss the kiddos and the babies but FaceTime for 3 more months will work. 

My Roa girl gang. Of course we went to our favourite restaurant for Sushi and laughed until the place closed down. The restaurant owner is a friend of Salome's, they are used to our 3 hour sushi nights. It happened to be an Island fundraiser for an acquaintance with cancer, so we were happy to be able to support her. The world is a big place, but I believe we can find family when we are meant to. Jane is a Canadian who has been on the Island for 20 years. Salome, from a neighbouring island and Isabela (photographer) from the mainland, all call Roatan home. I don't have the space to tell you about how amazing these ladies all are. 

Until Later, 

Gigi