Author: doug

Welcome to Yesterguay

I tried to use my card at the Tienda Inglesa checkout, and after several failed attempts we realized it had just expired at the end of December. No problem, they have a little office in the store.

It took the girl quite a few minutes looking for my new card before realizing it might be alphabetized by my last name, not my middle name. Then there was an elaborate form to fill out  – by hand. At the very end, as I told her my email address, “b” as in “bravo,” she write “v” (they are pronounced just about the same in Spanish), got a new form, filled it all in and tore up the first one.

Finally she handed me my new card. I expected instructions to go the ATM and set my PIN. But no…

…she tells me to check back next week. The card should be activated in 5-7 days. Unbelievable. And so Uruguay.

Oh yeah: today is the third day of 2020. Notice the start date of the card I was just handed….

Non compost compost

My favorite gardening technique is letting things plant themselves…

These little squash plants (what kind, who knows) are growing from my “compost” (noun) for a transplanted palm that didn’t in fact compost (verb).

Meanwhile, my recent re-jiggering of my non-composting compost has resulted in another little accidental garden. (I have no idea what that big-leaf plant in the background is, but it’s obviously happy and it’s not bothering me.)

Closer view of the non-garden “garden.”