Thursday brings the feria (street market) to Atlántida, Uruguay. While you can get this noise any day, you definitely will hear it on feria day. All day.
You can’t make this stuff up
In a country where fuel costs are among the highest in the world, and where the cost of anything with a motor is 50-500% more expensive than in the United States, someone thinks it a great idea to fly a plane blaring 15-second audio advertisements. 15 seconds because the plane is too fast for anything more.
¡Cuatro!
But they’re wearing helmets, which you’ll recall isn’t always the case.
“Doesn’t that guy know it’s dangerous to take pictures while you’re driving?”
Feathered friends
Hand-fed as chicks, these sociable guinea hens come all the way from the neighbor’s yard to peck the ground at my feet, as if they can find nothing to eat in the 100 meters between.
Even when I’m using a noisy 5.5 HP lawn mower. I stopped it to take pictures; when it was running they would let it get even closer than this before moving.
Electric company goes eco-unfriendly
The electric bill arrived today, for the first time in a plastic envelope.
Granted, typical mailboxes here are anything but watertight, but does Uruguay really need a million or more extra bits of plastic going into landfills every month?
Earthbag house update
This baby is SOLID.
If you’re new to this, no, it’s not mine, but on our road in the country.
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What are you staring at?
A little later than usual walking dogs
Fishermen on pier getting ready to pack up and go home.
¡Estoy rico!
Even agressive Photoshop filters don’t make them particularly interesting.
Actually, they belong to my neighbor, whose two remaining guinea hens were pecking at the feet of one of them, which is almost interesting. In a limited way, on an off day.
Cow gaze: you can almost sense the intense cerebral activity.
From mini-tsunamis to mini-lagoon
It fascinates me how the beach changes every day. I took this photo from exactly where I stood yesterday; now, instead of a wide passage to the sea there remains only a narrow one you can step over.
