Author: doug

Circle in the sand

I guess the wind had been blowing from all directions, causing a small piece of grass to trace circles.The first thing I did when I saw this was to shoot my left arm out to prevent the dog Lea from walking on it, as she does whenever she sees me focusing on something, be it pattern, beetle, snake….

Handwriting quiz

OK, here we go: try to make sense of this! Clue: it’s from a produce stand (and is in Spanish, of course).

Answers:

pepino – cucumbers

moron – should be morron: bell pepper

moron R – should be morron: red bell pepper

tomate

banana

naranja (!?!?!?): orange

lechuga: lettuce

This is kind of neat.

When we arrived in Uruguay in 2009, we started buying the only yogurt that came in glass jars. After a couple years, they switched to plastic, but “nice” plastic – as in, clear and convenient to reuse.

Today I was removing labels and saw for the first time that they actually leave a space for you to label the contents when reusing their container – sweet! (Acá guardo = “Here I keep.”)

Nonetheless, I prefer them the labels removed, which requires only a couple minutes with an old kitchen scouring sponge, some turpentine, and cleaning up with dish detergent.

And yes, we do have a yogurt maker and do occasionally remember to use it 😉