Hola Amigos!
We woke up to a drenching rainstorm this morning, which is a good thing, as Baja always needs rain. Hurricane Vance is going by to the south of us, heading east-north-east. Here's a picture from Intellicast this morning...that little purple spot to the south of Baja is the eye of the storm. Yep, we're getting wet, and it looks like Oregon and Washington are also getting wet (different storm)! Anyhow, Vance was headed directly at us when it veered to the east. It is rapidly deteriorating into a tropical storm. Looks like you get the moving picture! Cool.
Ben is chauffeuring our friend Pat to La Paz today so she can visit Immigration. Not the best day to travel Baja roads or tour La Paz (Pat's niece Cheryl who is also visiting has never seen La Paz) but the rain is slowing down some now. Here on the home front, I get dog duty! Pat left her new 4 month old Poodle pup "Button" with me to dog-sit. She's keeping Sam and Zoey on their toes! She weighs about 4 pounds...maybe 5, but she holds her own with Sam & Zoey. (She is fast and agile and is wearing them down!)
Anyhow, windows and doors are closed here today to keep the rain out and Button in! It is rather cool today…only 71.4 on our thermometer this morning! The man who came to sell us some compost this morning said it was cold. I told him “not cold, just
Ben has started work on his 29 Model A pickup because he noticed some leaks. He changed the oil (not an easy job when you can’t get the oil plug to unscrew and you have to remove the entire pan!) and added water, and it seems to be holding it’s fluids now. I told him things leaked because it got so hot here this summer that they just boiled over! He hadn’t thought of that! We’re hoping to go to another car show in La Paz in late November with the Woody (which is running just fine, thank you Mike S.) Ben is trying to get the cars in shape for our community’s annual November 20 Revolution Day parade. They are always a popular entry in the parade, and the Queen and her Princesses usually ride in the pickup. So he’s got a deadline!
We have been dining al fresco since we got back in early October. We’ve added candles to the table since daylight savings time ended a few weeks ago, but it is still comfortable out there morning, noon and evening. We do enjoy watching the birds from there. This Cardinal showed up as soon as I put water in the bird bath!
It’s a short “pic” this week. Not too much happening, other than a few more rounds on my rug! (I’ve taken to shortening dresses of the correct color to come up with some more fabric! This could get interesting.)
I will start a November Picasa album soon. Google seems to be having problems this morning and I can’t open up or create any new albums today. Blogger, where I usually write this, is finally working so I was finally able to get this done.
Hasta la proxima semana,
Tus amigos de Baja,
Harriet, Ben, Ryan, Sam & Zoey
PS. The dogs are all sleeping…Button is under my chair.
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