Lesson 17 a. Sub section 4, Ants, Section 5, Insects ....Do not fight an Army of Ants in your bare feet. You may have a giant can of poison, a power full water hose, and a broom, but there are millions of them, and it only takes one to make you dance in pain !!
That's how I spent the better part of an hour yesterday morning. I don't care how close they get to the house, as long as they stay on their side, which is outside. The line is pretty thin between in and out, but with perseverance, they can be trained. Don't they have a reputation as being very smart ? I am very happy to report no death or illness or Scorpion stings in the village this week, that I'm aware of. The day after Sing Ray's adventure, his
piggy back man was employed once again, to carry a visitor who had the same misfortune.
Hopefully he won't have any more of that business for a while. Crazy how someone can be here for a week or month can have the experience, and yet I know of a few who have been here for years and years and never got stung. You just never know, but still, be informed.
Mimi opened Friday Night !! Just a trail run, limited menu, but the bar up and running. That means I really have to get a move on ! My camera died, or at least is very very sick.
That means no photos of Mimis, or the Quincenara, but I may be able to retrieve them later.
I'm hoping it's the same problem the phone has, humidity, and if and when it ever dries out around here, the power may come back. I see the display feature on the phone slowly starting to return. The Queen of the Night, Alondra was beautiful in a rich, deep pink, and her Mom is a gorgeous blue. The Birria was delicious, I ate everything on my plate. I was
sitting with the little brother, and got a kick out of him showing me how to use my tortilla to soak up the sauce. There was a great slide show of Alohandra, as a child, and recent shots of her doing some pretty professional modelling stunts. I have to investigate the whole production of her Mom presenting a new pair of shoes, and helping her put them on, as she sat on her throne, the crown too, was presented on a velvet pillow. There was the Grande Finale which included the regular fire hazard, sparklers a little too close to the balloons, which sounded like firecrackers when they all started popping. Not really anything to worry about, since there's nothing that can catch on fire, all concrete and plastic, but don't stand too close ! The Cake was the highlight. After dinner they turned on the light, at the bottom of the thing, and a waterfall also came on ... how the hell it made it here in one piece, or 8 pieces, is beyond me. I was home by 10:00 ! My Casita is 95% ready. Yahoo ! I spent the day
up there yesterday, and heard a lot of noise in the jungle. It wasn't a dog, so I figured it was a Chacalaca bird or the like, but it was getting closer and closer and I looked out to see a giant Iguana, all brown and gold and green. So prehistoric. It's really something to see.
If you spot them in the tree you can get a good look with binoculars, but this one was moving fast up the hill, after he gave lily and I the stare down. Just shake you head and get on with your work ! The weather is getting better, low of 22 high of 33, party cloudy. Saturday was my first day back in the ocean, and actually could sit in the sun for 20 minutes or so.
Tuna is running again right now. They were jumping out of the water in front of my house the other day, and Pargo is on the menu for tonight. By the time I write my next blog half of you will already be here, isn't that exciting ! Really nice to have familiar friendly faces around. Silverio back in fine form and will be here today with his trusty machete, a never ending job, until December at least. A few of the banana tress are giving good bunches of fruit, but you have to watch them carefully, and cut them down and hang them safe before the bats get at them, that's another one of Silverio's jobs, and he takes it very seriously. Banana trees are great because the give off so many babies, and provide some privacy from the trail, are pretty to look at, and give food. Some Papaya tress growing, but I don't think the avocado made it, but I'm not giving up. The trees up river are loaded down with Avocados and I'd really like some of my own. First Immigration appointment went off like a bad dream, but it's over now, though it took me a couple of days to recover, and poor Patti just about expired from the whole ordeal. We got her papers stamped with only 15 minutes till closing, and now wait 10 days to return for fingerprints, and final payment. I will be having a celebration when it's all over, by American Thanksgiving I hope ! Today is Remembrance Day in Canada, when we wear our Poppies, and Veteran's Day in the USA. I don't suppose they have many War Dead to honour in Mexico, the Revolutionaries of course, but the concept of WW 1 and WW 2 probably doesn't weigh on them as it does us Northerner's.
My Grandfather was a WW 1 Vet, at the time of his death he had been the last surviving Vet
for miles around. He laid a wreath every year, and I was always so proud and happy to watch and participate in the Ceremony. At his funeral service, when The Last Post was played at the Cemetery, well a good thing Ck was there to catch me before I fell to the ground. What a man he was. A very very different world he grew up in, and I benefited
greatly from his influence ... William Edward Cavanaugh ... 1895 - 1984 .. Lest We Forget ..
Have a great week everyone. Be safe on the road, and Hasta Pronto ....
Skype ya later Hugo !
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