This might have just happened this morning. A few minutes earlier an ambulance calmly went by with its lights flashing. Head hit windshield (doesn’t show in this photo).
The story? Would make a good assignment for a writers’ workshop.
Drive Uruguay. Never a dull moment.
Heat remediation in an uninsulated house
On the other side of the aluminum-backed fiberglass insulation I’ve installed, there’s more of the thin tongue-and groove paneling wood (lambriz), a layer of sheet plastic, wood strips, and clay tiles. During the summer, the north-facing roof tiles take the sun all day, radiating heat to make our bedroom the hottest room in the house in summer.
And the coldest in the winter, with nothing but 1 cm of pine for insulation at the peak where the hot (well, warmer anyway) air gathers.
And oh by the way, yes, being up that ladder like that is a little crazy.
Eyelashes next?
Uruguayan lemonography
After five years, our backyard lemon tree has sprung to life.
But not without mysteries. For example, this fruit …
.. which appears to have the letter P on it. But before you crank up the synapses to explain this one, recall that your task is more difficult: because Uruguay: is that really a P or is it a 9?
Drive UY: a Darwin Award candidate
Yes, your car needs eyelashes [/not]
I have pointed out silly little cars at outrageous prices before, but if you should be overcome with the need to shell out a lot of cash for a little Fiat …
… don’t do this to it. Please.
Yee haw 2015!
Since my wife posted one of my color grids over here, I thought I’d share an animated version, which, had I more imagination, might somehow find itself linked to an inspirational message about remaining true to yourself, yet adapting in what will — according to the egg-spurts — promise to be a most interesting year.
Может вы живете в интересное время
The color grid dates back to my college days, when I slaved with Prismacolor pencils, getting a few interesting results, and a lot less so. One poorly-chosen color wrecks the overall effect. 30 years later, I created a template in FreeHand, and was able to go through hundreds of iterations in the time it would take to hand-color one grid. This is from 2006.
The gang’s all here
Note the approaching “beach cops” in white, carrying white batons: “Servicio de la playa.”
Big rain yesterday
5 cm in 30 minutes, and Montevideo has a little problem area to work on.
An unusually tall bank carved out of sand by the runoff in Atlántida. The dog in the distance, which is bigger than my dog in the foreground, gives better perspective.