The end of the beginning ...
Sweet potatoes are sold on the streets of Bucerias Mexico by Antonio. He pushes a woodburning oven on a cart with wheels. As the flames shoot out the bottom of the oven, the very loud whistle screeches and echoes throughout the neighbourhood, announcing Antonio and his roasted sweet potatoes and sweet roasted bananas. He sells a large plateful for 20 pesos or $1.80 US.
Betty and Sue secretly practise cards preparing for the big card game yet to come.
Pops purchased this metal detector at a garage sale today so that he can now become a very rich man finding gringo jewellery.
our first regatta
Sue bought Rob fresh strawberries from the "strawberry man", who drives up and down the streets in an old beat up truck. He has a weigh scale in the back and he sells them by the kilogram ... cheap!
Sue babysits Jack, while the rest of the gang searches for new accommodations for next year. Kathy bought some paintings and a Winnie the Pooh chair for Jack at a garage sale.
These two old broads are arguing as to who should jump in first and save Sue and Jack. (one of these woman talks non-stop and the other is covered in flea bites)
As Sue eats her papaya for breakfast, she notices a bird watching her. It is the yellow-crowned night heron. This bird perches most of the day in our parota tree. He feeds at night, eating crustaceans, insects, and small birds.
He watches Sue very closely hoping that maybe she is a very large bug. He is so ugly, he is beautiful!
Notice his plummage on top of his head. He kind of looks like Robert right after his haircut. Sue named him Kramer.
Francisco is the owner of our establishment. He also owns a chunk of the rainforest up the road where many orchids grow. Since Rob and Sue are looking after all the tropical plants on the rooftop of Hotel Ana Ruth, Francisco brought them many keikis from his forest, to add to the beauty of the treehouse.
a keiki (/ˈkeɪkiː/ kay-kee) is a plant produced asexually by an orchid plant, especiallyDendrobium, Epidendrum (sensu lato), and Phalaenopsis orchids. The baby plant is an exact clone of the mother plant, sometimes flowering while still attached to the mother. The word keiki is Hawaiian for "baby" or "child", literally "the little one".
a keiki is a small plant growing from one node along the flower stem. Keiki growth may be induced by prolonged exposure to high temperatures during the final phase of spike growth.
Note 1: Our Mac computer has an application in it called iphoto. We had some technical difficulties with it last night, so Rob and Sue didn't get much sleep. They will be calling the Apple people on Monday to get assistance.
Note 2: Milla and her friend Catherine, from Ontario, were suppose to arrive today to join our group, but due to the terrible weather in Chicago, they have been delayed a day.
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