More Maravillas Pequeñas – Small Wonders, Mexican Style

Zihuatanejo is a unique and wonderful place. There's the stunning beauty of La Costa Grande, with her privileged position at the shoulder of La Sierra Madre del Sur—her Pacific vistas from cerro-perched villas; her deliciously-long, sweeping beaches; her astounding flora and fauna.

And the beauty of the people who live here—their unfailing kindness, hard work, devotion to family, and that indomitable lightness of spirit I've found so characteristic of this country. This despite having to somehow scrape out a year's living from a four-month tourist season.

Both the people and the place are rendered in rich, deeply-saturated colors—the likes of which only the very generous-of-spirit can find in a pale-skin, grayscale Minnesota winter.

As an appreciation of this beauty of person and place, this color, this wonder, here are a few more of my attempts to capture it in pixels: