Another wild sky

Why?

No, I didn’t put it there.

Guess who else likes paltas?

I put the avocados I pick up off the ground on the patio table (otherwise unused this time of year, hence dirty). This one was quite damaged, but perfect for our well-fed little robin friend. In the past, it has feasted on fruit on the tree, so this is a welcome development.

Just another skyscape

Not perfect, but not bad

I noticed an awning support outside our kitchen window was rotting. I thought, I can do this!

After measuring, I went to Aserradero Rocha in nearby Pinamar, where you can rummage through off-cuts for any length of wood you need, an unusual and welcome feature.

Leaning against the window is a temporary support pole I kluged together. The little piece at the top the remaining length of the piece of lumber I purchased for the project…which I find oddly satisfying.

A smiley cloud

How to say “I’m the boss”…

…without saying “I’m the boss.”

First, do your research into available biped vectors, and find the spot where they’re most likely to trip over you.

Once that is established, pull your bed into place and settle in for the inevitable excitement.

Got mosquitoes?

It’s been brutal lately.

I don’t know how Syd managed with his face uncovered. His beard probably helped.

I dug out a bit of mosquito netting I haven’t used since I bought it 25 years ago in Australia. Not perfect, but not bad.

The “droppers”

The front avocado tree has been dumping immature avocados like crazy. No idea why.

Loop de loop!

For years – especially in the country closer to the Escuela Militar de Aeronáutica in Pando – I’ve heard the whining dives of military trainer prop planes, but only recently have they appeared off the coast, and it’s not dives they’re doing but loop-de-loops! So there have been times we have aerial acrobatics visible from our front yard. Pretty cool.

Terrible video, I know. It’s almost impossible to track an object while zoomed on my little point-and-shoot camera. This is probably the most unaesthetic imagery I have ever posted, but you get the idea.