
Afternoon shadow

An inquisitive old fart with a camera


It’s been many months since I’ve been to the beach – surprised to see a whole new structure built to protect the dunes.

Quite elaborately done, in fact. The first ones they did were generally a disaster. They’ve learned.
You can find my past posts about the dune boardwalks here.

New culverts on the Playa Mansa now that tourist season is over. I only knew there was a problem from walking the dog on the beach there once in the past year.
Note the raging surf. Quite amazing to have no waves when the closest landfall looking this direction is over 3,000 kilometers away.

It was like a summer day today – little kids on swings in the nearby park with no shirts. But it’s clear and noticeably cooling. It will probably be quite cold tomorrow when the workers arrive at 0700 (which is why the car is parked outside).

They’re everywhere….

Our cochera gets a new maintenance-free roof tomorrow. And it’s earth-friendly, because nothing says “ecology” like a product that’s 99% expanded polystyrene.

That piece of firewood.



Maybe they didn’t forget about installing wiring before plastering.
Maybe they weren’t imitating their great-grandfather, who built his house before the grid reached it, and had to chip out part of the wall to make a run for conduit.
Maybe they just wanted their house to have a big smiley face. Makes as much sense as anything with this crazy built-and-rebuilt no-apparent-design project.