Author: doug

Construction continues…

The front of this lot is stockaded. Then they put up a wire fence. Then they started stockading some more where the wire fence is. They’ve torn out the wall between the house and cochera, making clear this is the neighbors’ project. Can’t wait…

…to see what’s next from the design geniuses who placed their ultra-wide glass doors so I can’t not see their entire living room from our patio when they’re there.

Inexplicable, so far

On the lot next to our neighbors, meticulously leveled with a backhoe which built an access ramp over the roadside ditch and then removed it when it left, construction starts. The entire side facing the road is a stockade fence of poles (there might be a more expensive way to make a fence, but I can’t think of one). No opening whatsoever. The far side is obviously being fenced in a way that precludes vehicles as well. The workers have been going into the neighbors’ yard to plug in an extension cord for their power tools, so there’s obviously a connection — but what exactly is in the works here?

Puzzling paltas

Our avocado (palta here; aquacate in Mexico) trees have decided this year to both produce an almost unbelievable number of blossoms, while shedding almost all their leaves, while sending out enthusiastic new ones. As far as I can recall, there has not been a single year when they have behaved predictably: back one has fruit, other doesn’t; vice versa; both have; none has.

Will be interesting to watch in the coming months.