In 1985 I had a boring job in San Diego and found myself longing for a life near the ocean. I created a vision board and dreamed I was living near the Pacific in a home with a splendid ocean view. Little did I know that my dream would come true in 2006 when I moved into my new home in Bajamar, a seaside community in Baja California, Mexico.
This is my dreamed of ocean view from my balcony in Bajamar.
I retired to Baja to pursue my passion for painting watercolors and enjoy travel adventures. What a joy it was to convert my dining room into an art studio.
Let me take you on a tour of my surroundings at the interface between the wild coastal scrublands and the community of Bajamar.
Colorful flower beds in spring greeted visitors and residents at the entrance to Bajamar.
A typical walk might include a view of the ocean breakers, ever-present agaves, and natural coastal scrublands.
Coyotes were frequent visitors in the field in front of my home.
Bobcats moved in when the rabbit population increased. They sauntered around as if they were housecats and didn’t seem fearful of people.
I especially enjoyed the presence of roadrunners. Their zippy behaviors were captured accurately by the “Rudy, the Roadrunner” cartoonist. This colorful rendering was spray painted on my garage wall and enlivened the view from my kitchen. Muralist, Christopher Delgadillo, AKA, Dual HEM, was the creator.
In 2020 I returned to San Diego to live and have been writing about my life and adventures in Baja ever since. Thanks for visiting my website and checking out my blog. This is the first of many. I will be highlighting the people and places that made me feel so welcomed and interwoven in the borderlands.
