Not perfect, but not bad

I noticed an awning support outside our kitchen window was rotting. I thought, I can do this!

After measuring, I went to Aserradero Rocha in nearby Pinamar, where you can rummage through off-cuts for any length of wood you need, an unusual and welcome feature.

Leaning against the window is a temporary support pole I kluged together. The little piece at the top the remaining length of the piece of lumber I purchased for the project…which I find oddly satisfying.

Loop de loop!

For years – especially in the country closer to the Escuela Militar de Aeronáutica in Pando – I’ve heard the whining dives of military trainer prop planes, but only recently have they appeared off the coast, and it’s not dives they’re doing but loop-de-loops! So there have been times we have aerial acrobatics visible from our front yard. Pretty cool.

Terrible video, I know. It’s almost impossible to track an object while zoomed on my little point-and-shoot camera. This is probably the most unaesthetic imagery I have ever posted, but you get the idea.

Ah, feria day

More utterly inscrutable Oriental handwriting.*

And a reminder – needed? – why it’s not a good idea to drop peanut butter containers on the floor.


*the actual name for Uruguay is La República Oriental del Uruguay – the republic east of the Uruguay [river] – and its inhabitants are sometimes referred to as orientales

“AI” imagery

I was reviewing Medium articles and noticed that several had “AI”-generated images. Then I saw this photo and thought, that might make an interesting subject for “AI”…

Yikes. I tried to specify light direction, but despite four more tries it kept the sun in this position. Otherwise kind of impressive!