Welcome to Casita Chuparosa, Home of the Black Iguana! We are just settling in ourselves, having moved here from Chapala on October 3rd, 2008. We bought the casita last December — at that time it had no indoor plumbing, just two small rooms. But we could see plenty of potential. We have added a large bathroom, with room for clothes-washer and driers, and divided the larger room in two to make room for a kitchen. We just added a screened-in porch area too.
I’ve started a compost pile, hired a man to make a kiln/retort for charcoal and biochar, and built a nice stone pile near the back of the lot for our wild black iguanas to inhabit. So far they are resisting taking up residence, but I’m gradually dismantling their old home — a rock pile near the house, left-over stones from the wall we had erected on the front property line — so they will have no choice but to move.
I’ll be discussing all these things on this blog, along with notes on life in Mexico and observations on the rich wildlife we find in this area. I hope you will join in, and submit comments on these posts. You have to ‘join’ the blog to post comments, but don’t worry — we will not abuse your trust by sending you junk-mail! We may start a little newsletter for U.S. and Canadians considering visiting or living in Mexico, if there is enough interest. Let us know what you think!