Our parotta tree has started to drop its leaves. The tree is huge but the leaves are the size of clipped fingernails. There are millions of them and they come down like snow. They also make quite the mess and we are constantly sweeping the patio.
It’s chilly in the mornings so I light the chiminea up for a while. There are all kinds of wood and it’s easy to light. At the market they sell little bundles of ‘ocote.’ This is a type of wood that is naturally full of flammable oil so it lights easily and hotly.
It’s been a nightmare with the WiFi lately so I asked the PC (computer) Doctor if there was some way we could get better reception. He shook his head and said the problem was all over. The local company is working on it but it may take some time before we get it to where can access our bank accounts regularly. It’s been worst on the weekends, so, I suspect they cut it off to work on while nobody is working or at school. We shall see.
It’s getting a bit lonely here, now that Brent and Hauna have left so we have to go to the beach more often for the company of the waiters, and of course margaritas. After we dropped Hauna off at the airport the other day we went to one of our local beach restaurants. We didn’t stay long as there was a very cool breeze blowing from up your way that’s even affecting us down here.
In a previous post, I mentioned that we had a fit of madness and looked at buying a half an acre lot with a small house on it. A contractor was recommended to us by a neighbour, so we had asked him for a quote to enlarge the building. We didn’t hear from him for a while and didn’t really expect to. Anyway, by this time we had decided against buying as it would tie up some of our money. So sure enough, we got a call from the guy.
I expected that if we were lucky he would do what we wanted for about $20,000 Canadian. We met up with him and through an interpreter, he told us that he could do the job for about $3,500. I was a bit taken aback, even though it would only be the basic building with no finishing on the walls or floors, it still seemed inexpensive. We were tempted!
We talked about it for a while but neither of us wanted to go through the hassle of outfitting it, so, for now, we are giving it a miss. Besides, we’d miss Omar.
very interesting. We have a foot of snow right now.. Am wondering if you get our replies?? Mar and bob
Sorry Marlene, I do read all the comments but usually too lazy to reply. Thanks for reading the blog. Stay safe you two.