Friday October 12/12 update #252
Boy, I had a good sleep for a change and wanted more,
more……. But the Boys were hungry and the chores had to get done.
I checked on the new plants on the terrace and they seem to
be surviving my transplantation, etc.
The last Limon plant we bought has easily overtaken the other two so we
should have good sized lemons or limes by the time Bella returns.
I left early because I got an email from Etapa that they
have a communication for me. Since they
haven’t credited our credit card for the $44.80 installation/cancellation fee I
was not holding my breath. Then I get
there and they are closed. Darn, I
forgot it was a national holiday for Guayaquil Independence Day. So I continued on to AAC and got there very
early. Almost all the volunteers showed
up and Richard gave them some fun English instruction before we let them have a
coloring activity. The plan had been to
go to the park if there was some male support from the community but that has
definitely been lacking of late, even Miguel isn’t showing up. We discussed closing down until we regained
some of this promised support.
Linda and Tom brought bags of plain popcorn for
everyone. Towards the end, the community
president pulled up with a carful, and his 12-year-old niece, Adriana, at the
wheel! Anyway there were many
discussions and then Adriana’s Mother said she wanted to host an all-day party
on Sunday the 21st starting at 11am.
That made us all feel like we haven’t lost the community support.
Next I was rushing to the Moca Café to join the Deportiva
Cuenca Soccer Fan Club and watch the World Cup elimination match between
Ecuador and Chile. When I got there
wearing my #16 shirt, the score was already 1-0 for Chile . But, once I started watching, Chile never got
another sniff at our goal, and our #16 scored 2 of the 3 goals we put behind
their keeper! Take that you Chile peppers!!!
I munched on a really nice ham & cheese Panini and had a
slice of orange cake for dessert. Then I
started to eat the popcorn I had dragged from AAC but it was pretty bland with
no oil, butter or salt. A lady from
another table came to ask the owners, (Courtney Clark, one of those photogs
from the last night tour) if she could have some popcorn too. I had to explain that I had brought it with
me and that she was welcome to have it all but I warned her it wasn’t very
tasty. She borrowed some salt and said
thank you. As she and her husband were
leaving she said she was going to be singing Jazz at 8pm at the Nectar Café. Since I had never been to the Nectar Café I
thought I would give her a listen.
I got there early and was soon joined by a new couple, Paul
and Kate, from Vancouver
so we had a good chat. Two other
musicians, who seem to be the nucleus of the Jazz Society Of Cuenca, Jim Galla
(USA) and Jorge Triana (Cuba )
started to play at 7:30 but it was not the nice smooth jazz of Diana Krall that
I like, but more the disjointed notes all over the place. One tune they were supposedly playing was
“These Boots Were Made For Walking” and I did not recognize a single note
belonging to that particular tune.
When 8:15 rolled around I was preparing to leave, but then
the singer, Vivian Slade, and hubby, Todd Burr, showed up. It wasn’t long before she was up singing and
I decided to video her performance. This
was much more interesting than the other form of Jazz. You may have to turn your sound down a
little:
I returned home to receive a lovely long note from Bella who
now has only 12 working days left and is anxious to be “home” in Cuenca . We are certainly looking forward to that!
That was today’s excitement. Please see all photos at souvenircuenca.blogspot.com. Hugs to all.
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