Many of us have favorite projects that add to our lives in rewards of accomplishment and even altruistic gifts to others, but when do we cross the line of love and fall into obsession and it becomes a pain? Well, there is no delineated line in the sand (or scratched on the tile floors in my case) and it varies from day to day, season to season. Today I'm thinking of two things, the weather station and photography. Both qualify! << MORE >>

It seems adventures come in clusters - so, the latest was an encounter with one of our local traficos this morning who was looking for someone to buy him breakfast - for a week?<< MORE >>

As noted last time we had discovered 4 new kittens and tried to make a nice place for them in the dog house only to be turned down flat by Mamasita, the old hag. She moved them next door to Casa Nostra which is vacant and in the long run we decided it was a good thing.<< MORE >>

We'll call him Rudolpho, or maybe just Rudy for short, because I don't know his real name, he looks like a "Rudolpho" and, he's probably forgotten it by now himself. Anyway, Rudy is my favorite con man and I'm probably just one of his favorite suckers - you know the kind, we never learn, we just keep making the same mistakes again and again.<< MORE >>

It's a "cat-tastrophe" of the first order, the head (and tail) count of 10 gatos suddenly increased 40% yesterday to 14? - up to that point there was Max, Shorty, Sweet, Sour, Gray, Mamasita, Midnight and Tic, Tac and Toe - suddenly there was also uno, dos, tres, cuatro? Now, other than a petting zoo or a cattery, that's waaaaay too many gatos! But, I'm getting ahead of the story.<< MORE >>

Ah, Christmas Eve, what better time to write a note about giving and receiving.<< MORE >>

Of course I'm way overdue for a new "story" and so here it is - at least as it stands up until now, but stay tuned, there may be further chapters - sort of like an onion, you peel off layers and sometimes you cry.<< MORE >>

Ok, a bit more on recent activities and we'll start with another of my painting projects. I have been adding some character to the house one wall at a time, it was all yellow all the time and much like living in a cube of butter - so, I'm fixing that.<< MORE >>

Yes, we're still here and we've rolled into our third year here in the land of tortillas and topes (speed bumps).<< MORE >>

An old adage says "necessity is the mother of invention" to which I'd like to add "and laziness (efficiency) is the father".<< MORE >>