An inquisitive old fart with a camera
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.
I noted the underwhelming Alfa Romeo display at Tienda Inglesa a month ago.
Today it was Volkswagens, far more interesting to me, since my first car was a 1960 Beetle I bought for $50 at age 15, and I also had a 1964 VW Bus and a 1968 Squareback.
The requisite racer (note surfer’s Squareback behind):
And the eye-catcher of them all:
Not sure what the fender with handlebars is about. But—above it is the clue! This is German week at Tienda Inglesa, just as a month ago it was Italian week, hence the Alfa Romeos.
Our little dog Bandido had a checkup following surgery, and my conversation with the vet went from Spanish to English, so after explaining the prescription, she said in English, “I wrote in it Spanish, but you’ll understand.”
Which would be true, but for one detail….
Why is Mocha the dog on a leash, and what is he so intently looking at? you ask.
The answer is that he was lagging, sniffing around, and I saw it first, and fortunately had the leash handy.
I saw this rabbit inside the yard a couple days ago for the first time. What on earth was it doing outside the fence, and what chance in hell would it had of escaping a dog like Mocha, who loves chasing hares (liebres) Hares are big. Very big. And fast. Very fast. This rabbit? Neither.
Our energetic and industrious neighbor Álvaro submitted a proposal to some coastal development government organization, and encouraged enough of us to vote for it that we got funding for more playground equipment and tables in our little local park, which has gone from being an empty pass-through lot with a few tree identification signs to a destination for families with kids.
I can’t wait to see what kids invent to do with this one—supposed to be like stairs I suppose. Just seems like all kinds of ways to get hurt. I don’t think you’d see this in nanny North America (which excludes Mexico).
A double-decker (wooden!) slide.
This place is going to be busy as the weather gets warmer!
A new table has joined two previously there, as has one on the far side of the park.
All very impressive.
I saw this Fusca today.
I probably should have just kept walking, because the artwork on the side has been haunting me since. Two upside-down spark plugs? Custom culture? Keep traditions?
I’m wondering if it’s like t-shirt designs with Japanese or Chinese characters that used to be popular, perhaps until people figured out they had absolutely no idea what message they were promoting.
Custom Keep Traditions Culture? I just need to let this one go….