Thursday 13th December 2012….Mariposa day!!!

 

 

 

Vitamin F......

Why do I have a variety of friends who are all so different in character? How is it possible that I can get along with them all?

I think that each one helps to bring out a "different" part of me.
With one of them I am polite. With another I joke. with another I can be a bit naughty ..
I can sit down and talk about serious matters with one. With another I laugh a lot. I listen to one friend's problems. Then I listen to another one's advice for me.

My friends are like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. When completed, they form a treasure box. A treasure of friends

They are my friends who understand me better than I understand myself.

They're friends who support me through good days and bad.Real Age doctors tell us that friends are good for our health.

Dr. Oz calls them Vitamin F (for Friends) and counts the benefits of friends as essential to our well being. Research shows that people in strong social circles have less risk of depression and terminal strokes.

If you enjoy Vitamin F constantly you can be up to 30 years younger than your real age. The warmth of friendship stops stress and even in your most intense moments, it decreases the chance of a cardiac arrest or stroke by 50%.
I'm so happy that I have a stock of Vitamin F!

In summary, we should value our friends and keep in touch with them. We should try to see the funny side of things and laugh together and pray for each other in the tough moments.

Some of my friends are friends on line. I know I am part of theirs because their names appear on my computer screen every day and I feel blessed that they care as much for me as I care for them.

Thank you for being one of my Vitamins!!

Thanks Carolyn for sending this to me.

Well a big day today and up at 7am and packed some good food and drink and drove to the RV park where Paula, Jerry and I then met out great friend and tour guide driver Jaime, we drove to pick up Gail and Bill, friends of P & J from Nova Scotia and off we went to see the butterflies.

 

Photo stop on the way.

Jaime is a wonderful tour guide and driver, his English is better than mine and his local knowledge is exemplary…..about three hours later we were here!!!

The elevation is about 9000 feet so the steep climb to the Sanctuary included many stops…

After the climb we came out into the meadow and even here a soccer field!!!

Unfortunately as we got closer to the sanctuary the sun disappeared and it became overcast and a little cool certainly not perfect for flying butterflies but there were some flying at tree top level..

But these trees were covered in 1000’s of them all huddled together!!!!

Those clumps are actually butterflies…amazing!!!

This one took a liking to Jerry!!!

Thanks to Jaime we now know which is the female…

The top one!!!  The male below has the two black spots!!!

It really was quite thrilling to be in a place where the wonder of nature again shows are lucky we are to be able to witness something so lovely…….even though they were not all flying around like I have been told they do on a sunny day ..it was still a thrill!

The walk down was easy!!

The town close by years ago had a special visitor!!

On the way home Jaime told us that he knew of a Monastery run by nuns and they had invited him any time he was passing to stop by and asked if we wanted to go and of course we all said yes!!!

It was a huge highlight of the day!!!

It is a huge complex that started out in one big barn and now the last two years they have been adding buildings and it is very modern and beautiful……Mother Superior greeted us and she was very pleasant and then we had a tour…just us it was so special!!

 

One of the ways they raise money is by making this special treat called Bunuelo!!!

They brought us each a plate full…they were a bit like a donut kind of batter sweet and filling.

Then they asked if we would like to see the Sisters making them and catch a load of that flirt PEARSON!!!!!!

Do I look happy or what????

I just love these photos they were all so happy to see us!!!!

It was such a thrill for us to be there not what you expect from a place of such religious beliefs…….Thanks Jaime!!!

Paula took this shot on the way home…happy with your photo credit Paula AKA Plonkita!!!

We got back to the RV park at 7pm tired but really happy and a great day for the memory banks….

So relaxing with a cuppa right now…..

Yashi Koshi!!