Sunday May 27/12 update
Bella wants to have a lazy day and I need to try to re-paste
some photos on my wall.
My friend Chris sent me a surprise this morning. He took a shot of me Friday when we were at
the dragon park and I should blow it up (literally too) and post it in a
prominent place as impetus to get my fat butt outside a lot more often. Thanks a lot Chris!
On GringoTree there was a posting by a Dylan Howitt about
two videos he/she had made, one about the folks painting the walls at Parque De
La Madre and one about teenage pregnancy.
When I checked further I could see that this person is a very
accomplished filmmaker. Since this
person apparently lives in Cuenca now,
originally from the UK ,
I have asked to meet with him/her.
Check out http://youtu.be/L8o0kFfUddY and http://vimeo.com/42884867 This person has a great talent.
I was just sitting here watching, and I had the feeder on
the windowsill of my open window because I hardly communicated with Tom Thumb
at all yesterday. He came to briefly
feed once and went away. About 15
minutes later he came again, fed a little, then all of a sudden he lifted up
and came into the room, not 5 inches from my shoulder and did a pirouette to
check out the surroundings for danger. I
could feel the wind from his wingbeats even through my long-sleeved shirt. He didn’t feed much so I think it is time to
change the nectar. O yeah, he really
liked the new nectar and came to have his fill a few times. Once I had the window only partially open and
he came up and hovered a foot away and chattered, demanding his supper! I barely had time to nudge the window open and
stretch out the feeder in my hand. He
zipped right up and had another really good feed, even while I was talking to
him. I have no idea if he hears me or
not.
I decided that Chris’ picture was enough embarrassment for
me to get active and Bella is always giving me the gears about not using my
bike, so…. even though it is a little
grey today I dug out the bike and headed west like a young man. Every half kilometer initially I had to stop
and gather my breath as the whole way west is uphill, not much mind you, but it
is uphill. Give an old fat man a break
for Pete’s sake!
I saw this lady skinning sugar cane with a machete so they
can sell the inside sugar pulp.
Man! I would lose a few fingers
if I tried that with that big knife. See
the video.
I stopped to watch some Ecuadorian style volleyball, 3 men
per side and a higher net. Then I
stopped to watch some Sunday futbol, with my video interrupted a little by the lawn-mowing
herd of cows. Videos =
I biked past Parque Paraiso and I could see families were
out enjoying the day. As long as it
isn’t pouring rain Ecuadorian families will be outdoors on a Sunday. I could hear loudspeaker music and speeches
but I didn’t want to stop quite yet. I
continued on all the way to Avenida Solano to that lovely new
commercial/residential complex close to Tres Puentes (Three Bridges). Then I climbed the hill to the Autopista
just below Turi. Now my idea was to
coast downhill all the way home. I did
stop occasionally to take the odd photo but I continued because I could see I
was probably going to get wet soon, judging from the clouds. This family of 5 passed me and the young man
stopped and put out his hand. I didn’t
catch what he said, it was probably in English, but he had a grin from ear to
ear as we shook hands.
When I got above Parque Paraiso I decided to drop down and
see what was going on. I could hear the
loudspeakers up on the Autopista. This
was probably a continuation of the celebrations for the country’s independence
as there lots of tents set up beside the main stage where it looked like they
were giving away or raffling off some small appliances. There were people everywhere, eating,
playing, playing soccer, and they even had a horse-drawn carriage going around
the track.
As I was leaving it started to sprinkle so I beat a hasty
retreat home along the river. I hit
little pockets of rain but not enough to get soaked. I don’t know what it is about the light rain
here but it is refreshing and it dries very quickly.
Bella had brought home a set of DVD’s for a TV series called
The Good Wife. I guess we’ll be watching
some more of that tonight.
Enjoy the pics and videos.
That was today’s excitement.
Hugs to all.
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| 120525 Chubby Photographer hard at work |
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| 120527 City view from Autopista 1 |
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| 120527 City view from Autopista 2 |
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| 120527 City view from Autopista 3 |
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| 120527 Autopista family, kid in red hat shook my hand |
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| 120527 Pretty riverside near Parque Paraiso |
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| 120527 Lovely commerical/residential building on Solano |
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| 120527 My friend Tom Thumb 1 |
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120527 My friend Tom Thumb 2
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| 120527 My friend Tom Thumb 3 |
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| 120527 My friend Tom Thumb 4 (tongue hanging) |
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| 120527 My friend Tom Thumb 5 |
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