An inquisitive old fart with a camera
This afternoon project: reupholster office chair because fabric torn by a certain dog who likes to jump into it when I’m gone. Can you guess which dog that might be?
I can’t decide if I’m halfway through this project, or through with it.
We visited a place in the hills below Minas, Uruguay, whose owner had taken on two brother capybaras (called carpinchos locally) from the local zoo. Apparently when they get to be too many in too small a place, they fight, and it’s ugly. The one who runs away in the first clip decided to go swimming rather than deal with the handful of humans watching at feeding time.
Apparently the owner of the property next door is also an architect who designed the addition and remodel.
I would not be tempted to hire her based on the brutally industrial aesthetic, but this morning at 10 AM, I see another reason she might not be my first choice.
It’s a measuring thing. As in measuring the length of a car before designing a place to park it in the shade.
A Mercado Libre order arrived with this “business card” inside. I don’t know if it’s a Latin American aesthetic, but I started noticing illegible business cards and ads when we arrived in Mexico 15 years ago.
Here’s an example from a few years ago.
You just have to wonder.
A classic, even by Uruguayan standards.
Nice mirror mounts. Now how exactly do the windshield wipers work?
I posted the above on 18 October 2018.
Three years and nine days later we returned, and I noticed this.
Progress!
This dog’s owner maybe weighs a little more than the dog, but isn’t as strong. It took a while to get them calmed down and moving in opposite directions.
In Uruguay, a bottle (or traffic cone) on top of a car indicates it’s for sale.
In this case, the contents of the bottle – and much more of the same – might have better served the owner beforehand.
I got my first 2022 calendar recently, from the fish guy. It’s notable for a number of reasons. First is that I never knew the place actually had a name, since it doesn’t display it anywhere. Regardless, I can barely make out the name on the calendar. And they are definitely not open every day of the year, despite the claim. And interesting to note—though certainly understandable—the foods pictured do not include fish.
It does have moon phases, though, which may prove useful.
I heard a repeated chirping in the front yard, and saw it was an Hornero and chick, then realized they were in the back yard, and quickly closed the sliding glass door before the dogs figured it out.