Today has been a fabulous day. The weather is wonderful and warm here in San Miguel de Allende. Plants have officially sprung, which has been wondrous since I’m accustomed to late springs in our high desert. There had been some trees on the property we are staying at that had lost their leaves for the winter and now they are being painted by nature. Cherry blossoms are already almost gone too! I think the jacarandas are the only blooms we won’t see because it seems that a frost got them first. It’s too bad, we were really looking forward to lavendar trees again.

My poor Charlie (my small dog) is recovering well now.  Still missing an eye, of course… Two surgeries later he still has a whole in his abdomen where I think he could have used another stitch! I’ll have my dad look at it tomorrow. But, Charlie is eating, drinking using nature’s facilities and is walking around.  He looks better and he is not leaking blood, the way he had been. His spirits are higher and he tends
to watch everywhere I go.  He knows that I stayed and protected him when he was attacked by the rot wiler several years ago and I think he knows that we came home to Santa Fe for him. Now that we’ve had him with us for a week, minus the two days he was in the hospital here for surgery #2, he is getting more comfortable. He has taken comfort in realizing that he is traveling with us.

Charlie even went with us to Jalisco. We had met some friends in December and have become very good friends. She is American & he is Mexican, which is fun because I can speak to him in Spanish and ask
him questions, like how do you say zebra in Spanish? Of course, she is great because I love having cool girlfriends. We went to his family’s ranch and stopped by and visited a tequila factory on our way. He is partnering up with the owner to create a new tequila, so the owner set a tour up for us. It was great having a private tour and learning more about the tequila-making process. The samples were just
fine too!

Sunday he is having a party, that is supposed to be a surprise but she knows, for her birthday, which we are looking forward to. We are attending a lecture on Tuesday by a Mayan Mystic named Ac Tah about
2012, who we met him last Monday. I spoke with him and liked him and his energy, so it will be good to see him again.

We have less than a week here before we start to head out for California. It has been a magical and transformational trip with many gifts. I’m grateful and enjoying our last few days.