HAPPY THANKSGIVING !!!

.... a toad, a mouse and a squirrel decided to form an army dedicated to causing annoyance, irritation, and general foul play in and around their favorite palapa in yelapa !  Since the mouse was the smallest, she was designated corners, cupboards and drawers, the toad took on the  inner perimeter of the house, leaving his heavy artillery in exact locations guaranteed to achieve the army's objective.  Throwing a toad down a hill is not going to kill it, or make it go away, it's probably a fun ride and they can't get enough !  The squirrel is in command of the outer perimeter, primarily the front and sides of the house.  He works the same hours as the local tradesman around here, 8 to 12 approx. and 2 to 5 ... does the same routine day after day, although there are a few twists added occasionally. He's an actor, and a comic, and seems to be having a grand time ! I've decided to use opposite tactics and just do as the cat, and ignore him !  The mouse has retreated so far, probably gone to get more recruits, and no more joy rides for the toad, I may have to take him to the ocean !
Maybe because it's drying out, just a little, that we have so much activity, although it rained
hard for an hour Saturday night.  Part of the disturbance to the south of us.  It's all very
interesting following the weather satellites, but the sight of so much purple haze headed right for you can sometimes be alarming.  No different then Florida, or Kansas, or Colorado,
we all have to live with Mother Nature.
Maybe, just maybe, it's all over now, but still to early to tell. No one is willing to call it the end yet ... The Lagoon is still deep, Valentine working every day giving rides across ... actually pulling his little boat across ... I can see him sitting under his umbrella on the beach, waiting for passengers. The first time I took a lift, I didn't have change, so I gave him a silver ring I had on.  I had found it somewhere, and it didn't suit me, I thought I would give it away, and so gave it to him.  We're great friends now, as he is with so many, I wonder if he remembers the gringa who gave him the ring, 15 years ago ?  His wife called this morning and we will do our Immigration together again this year, for the final time !!  By the end of November we will all have Permanent Residency in Mexico !!  P. has been living here for over 40 years. She was born the year before my Father !  It'll be a privilege to assist her in this very exciting process !!
The 9 days of prayers are over for our friend Alicia.  On Sunday an Elder died, I never knew,
but was well known to many.  She had been living on / about the beach all these years, she
was well into her 90's.  On that same day, Alicia's grandchild was struck down by a large
branch that fell from a tree, a big tree !  She is in PV hospital.  I believe her back is not broken, but the vertebra has been damaged.  She will be 16 this year.  She is a very strong young woman, we hope she will fully recover.  Yelapa is such a close knit community, even
though there are fractions, and split families and history, as there is in all small towns, anywhere, people feel each others pain and there is much empathy for their neighbours, most of the time, it seems to me .  I'm just a visitor and I don't speak the language well, but
the spirit of Yelapa is one of the main reasons people are drawn here, the connection and the way people get along ... Yelapa Time ?  Vortex Power ? 
I'm already late writing this, and SJ is up behind the house installing the second water tank,
so there won't ( ever ) be a water shortage in the ( near ) future.  The rest of the day is garden work ... cut back everywhere ... it's a real jungle out there !!
HAPPY HAPPY THANKSGIVING ... what I wouldn't do for a piece of pumpkin pie ...
xx
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