Ouest said she wanted a pet worm. The pet store was completely sold out of worms, but we did find this lovely millipede just hanging out under a rock. She’s adorable, but a little camera shy. We all love her to death.
This campground is a lovely spot to have all to ourselves for a couple of weeks. Even the dozen or so rooms are sitting empty. The gardener just spent two full days hacking off weeds that are growing through the cracks in the long abandoned tennis court. It looks better, I guess, but things like that always make my American mind think about how the same job could have been accomplished in ten minutes with a weed whacker.
If ever a more photogenic car was built I don’t know what it is.
Ouest learning to jump rope. We tried to teach her to simply hop an inch or two off the ground, but, well…
Another stroll around Pátzcuaro.
These are the tiny fish—back home we call them bait—that they are busily netting over in the lake. Snack food.
Little plums are ten pesos a bag.
I saw this guy staring forlornly into the engine compartment and thought, how many people have stood over their VW engine like that?
Doing my best to dislocate shoulders.
13 Comments on “We Get a Pet”
Yep! Air Ouest. Remember you saw that here first when the French start the new airline.
Love ya’
Magic
GREAT picture of you and the kids, Pat!!
Ouest jump ropes with flair!
I love it, a pet worm. I cannot believe how easy it is to please your kids. You are one lucky man!
A guy once bought a talking millipede. It was all he could afford and he really needed a companion. It came with a small box to live in. So after dinner the guy decided he would go to the bar on the corner to watch tv and have a beer. He knocked on the millipede’s box and softly asked the millipede if he would like to come along. He didn’t hear a reply so he knocked louder and asked again if the millipede would join him. Again no answer. Fearing that he had been ripped off and the millipede couldn’t talk, he knocked very loud this time and shouted his invite for the bar. The millipede sounding somewhat exasperated replied ” Okay, okay, give me a minute. I’m putting on my shoes”.
Pat, The man behind the Bug… reminded me I had a 59′ in 65′, in Germany, and had several adventures looking in the back like that, and almost getting run down on the Autobahn too! Much later I had a 911 with no rear view mirror and could care less as no one caught up…
Oh yes, the American mind. Mine is going crazy here in FP–“Why don’t they just…” Not necessarily a good thing, but can’t seem to leave the American mind at home.
Every time I start a sentence with those words I try to stop myself. It’s not always easy.
Hey, buy some of those pots and pans. They match the bus!
I had a orange bug like that one, and I probably have pictures of my husband standing behind it with the engine open too. I also have nice thigh muscles from bleeding the brakes.
Good to know that all the brake bleeding I have done in my life is worthwhile. Never thought of my thigh muscles! Have also seen my husband look into the rear of a VW many times! Spent 2 months in a brand new ’65 Bug that we picked up in Scotland driving all over Europe on $5 a day. It was a real adventure. Looked at a bottle on top of our curio cabinet the other day. It is half full now of water that we collected from the Trevi Fountain on that trip. It was full at the time but has slowly evaporated over the years. Live life to the fullest! Pat and Ali are doing their best! They are fortunate to be able to take the risk!
Thanks for the lovely photos of Mexico, I appreciate your eye for the everyday details.
2 details of the family photos that struck me:
– A California Republic hat in Mexico? Did you buy that there?
– I hope there was no drinking out of that flower, it is angel’s trumpet and poisonous. Choice quote from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brugmansia : “Several South American cultures have used Brugmansia as a treatment for unruly children, that they might be admonished directly by their ancestors in the spirit world, and thereby become more compliant.”
Oops, need to edit: could also be datura, equally poisonous, especially the flowers.