Viernes, 06 Julio 2012. People here seem to often
carry an umbrella (paraguas). More often used for the sun (so
they become, instead, parasol). We just try to walk mostly in
the shade, crossing the street as necessary to obtain it. This morn
el Pico de Orizaba is in hiding. Seems unlikely that we will see
much blue sky. Only 69 in the house. We did leave windows open last
night. Yesterday while cleaning windows, a largish house gecko (geco casero) popped out
of the top of the window frame – gave Carmen a bit of a thrill. Ania later told us these lizards (lagartijas) are called besuconas because of the kissing-like sounds they make (beso=kiss)--we heard these weird sounds last night and couldn't figure out where they weer coming from. Later in the day, Dan saw a large dragonfly on the inside of a window
screen. Beautiful dark with green bars. Carmen took a large, clean,
yogurt container to capture him and put him (or her?) back outside.
On the other hand – we have discovered a smallish black spider that
is able to jump and turn all directions. One met it's death by a fly
swatter. There was no way to get it just by hand because it can move
too quickly. Dan has packed some of his electronic gear back into a
suitcase for storage. We have decided to have an exterminator come
in and do his thing this next week. Then we have talked to a
carpenter about doing some inside ceiling work. We can manage
sanding and refinishing all the wood window frames, but the ceilings
really stress the arms and neck.
Just looked towards Mt
Orizaba again and what a beautiful site. The top ¾ of what we can
see looks to be wrapped in whip cream! Such fun we have been having,
deciding on all the changes we can make here. Closets, cat ramps and
shelves, plant areas, to fence or not to cover the outside wrought
iron fencing with tighter mesh to make more cat secure. Oh joy –
Dan just discovered that the long kitchen window has a screen that
also slides. He is presently cleaning the missed area under where
the screen had been sitting. The plan is for Dan to attack upstairs
bathroom sink again, applying a very liberal amount of silicone
caulk. Maybe this time a miracle will happen?
Need to do our daily walk
into town. This time we need to get some more photo copies made for
the government, and see if the metal shop can fabricate some sheet
stock into flashing for us. This is another item that seems to be
impossible to find in this part of Mexico. Might try the nearby
restaurant for some Azteca soup. Will it be open this time? Or will
we stay here and lay out a spread on our elegant dining room table,
which is actually our multifold ladder complete with scaffold panels.
Ladder also does double duty as a drying rack when it's rainy out.
