Month: April 2015
Snail mail
Friends who left here several years ago still have a house. And mail. It’d not our job to pick it up, but we do from time to time.
I didn’t get the rest of the paper-envelope bills because they were infested with aunts. The plastic ones proved popular with other critters.
I (almost) want this car
Silver antique Fiat spotted in Montevideo.
More my style than this.
If you’re new to Uruguay, and think it would be fun to fix up one of these (you know, buy one that needs some work for a few hundred bucks), you’re in for a surprise.
Beachside fixer-upper
Las Toscas, Canelones, Uruguay
Volcanic ash from Chile eruption
Makes for great sunsets!
Maintenance?
Maintenance? We didn’t budget for THAT
Two years ago I posted a photo of the new wooden boardwalk stairs in Las Toscas.
I had already posted a year before the state of the closest unmaintained boardwalk, railings completely gone.
Update on the Las Toscas boardwalk (the concrete stairs are still perfectly fine):
Moving on (Tex)
A bright spirit. Lots of fond memories. ¡Adelante, Tex!
Robert Farrell McCausland
1942/04/11 – 2015/04/23
See also: juliemadblogger.com/wp/2015/04/23/he-was-a-friend-of-mine/://juliemadblogger.com/wp/2015/04/23/he-was-a-friend-of-mine/p://juliemadblogger.com/wp/2015/04/23/he-was-a-friend-of-mine/ He was a friend of mine
Public hospital
Ceiling in patients’ bathroom. Much evidence elsewhere of delayed maintenance. But, for my friend, 33 days and zero cost. So.
(If you like this sort of thing, you’ll love my photo tour of the legendary Hotel Termas in Argentina!)
And perfect.
long day, city
public hospital (friend)
finally home
blank screen beckons but
is just that: blank screen
no computer, cables, antennae
just there
blank screen
Cheap Chinese shit redux
When my second little key chain flashlight (in four years) went dead, I looked closely and realized it could be taken apart and the battery replaced. A replacement battery would cost almost as much as the flash light, but if I can keep even one little bit of plastic out of the landfill, it’s worth it, right?
Wrong. I sent this image to the eBay seller, saying the batteries they sent were either counterfeit or expired. I bought a new flashlight to make the comparison. They refunded my pocket change immediately.
I’ve been enthusiastic, amused, and reflective about my purchases of cheap Chinese shit in the past. Who knows, maybe one day my 100 LR41 batteries will arrive, and the cat be entertained to his heart’s content, once again, by the laser pointer.