A Visit to Bullet Tree Falls Village, Cayo District, Belize

 Earlier this month I spent 5 days visiting my friend Martha at her new home in Bullet Tree Falls Village in the Cayo District of Belize near the town of San Ignacio.  I went there ostensibly to help her do some decorating, but we also took some time out for fun.  And had fun with the decorating, too.  Martha's new home is on the banks of the incredibly lovely Mopan River.  She has 2 large lots that slope gently down to the river.

Looking toward the house from about halfway to the river.  Martha has planted all sorts of trees, shrubs, and flowers; by this time next year is will look very different because plants grow so quickly in this climate.

There are some nice mature plants, like this palm tree, on her property already.

Ezabella and Kat are good buds and spend lots of time playing together.

The sheep family is on the lot next to the house.

Twin lambs.

One of the fun things we did was have visit from Gary and his lovely green-winged macaw, Dino. Dino is so famous, he has his own webpage.  Definitely worth a visit.

Dino perched in a tree next to the Mopan River.

The very photogenic Dino stayed in the tree, letting me take photo after photo.  

Peering coyly at the camera through the leaves.

Eating the fruit of the palm seen in one of the photos above.

Flying to Gary.  Look at his gorgeous plumage. Dino's, not Gary's. (Sorry Gary! I'm sure yours is gorgeous, too.)

Snacking on his favorite - orange tree wood.

Just to show that we didn't goof off the whole time, the last shot is one of Martha trying out the paint colors she chose for her new kitchen hutch.  A nice turquoise on the back wall, white inside the shelves, and a silver grey on the frame, drawers, and cabinet doors.  I think the colors look great against the newly painted yellow walls of the kitchen. We also hemmed and hung endless curtain panels.  

The silver grey takes the edge off the what would be an overwhelming amount of white.  

We made a good start on the decorating, didn't we, Martha?  Maybe I should visit again and help you finish.  Then we could go swimming again at Mahogany Hall, and have another wonderful dinner at the San Ignacio Hotel, and get more of the yummy ice cream from the ice cream man who drives through the neighborhood in his pickup truck, and work out new combinations of tequila and lime juice, and see Gary and Dino again.  and I guess we could hem a curtain or two and paint a few walls.  ;-)