Saturday August 25, 2012

Saturday August 25/12 update

To bed at 1am after watching a movie with the Boys.   Unfortunately, I was awake at 4am so I just got up and got to work.  I was tasked to make a photo collage as part of a Friday presentation to Municipal officials when we have another meeting scheduled to plan the future of the Amigos English School.  I finally completed the collage about 6 hours later.

The next task was to try to bring up topics for discussion at the above-mentioned meeting.  There is so much we can do but it is vital that we get some outside funding.   It is not fair that Tom and Linda carry the brunt of the expenses.  Most of us have time to volunteer but money is scarce.

I then got the most disappointing email from a Canadian couple that they have Visa problems that must be dealt with on Monday and Tuesday, so they are cancelling out on our volcano excursion.   Bummer.  I hate to give up on this trip so I put an ad in GringoTree to replace them.

I had a quick nap and cleaned up to go do my chores at Joe’s Secret Garden.  Supper tonight was Coq Au Vin (read Chicken stew in wine sauce) and it was really tasty, but the apple tart caramel dessert was the clincher.  There were supposed to be 3 Birthday girls tonight but two of those did not show up, however we found another gal whose Birthday is on Tuesday.  Joe wanted to be sure I got photos of them, so I complied.  The two gals both happened to be eastern Canadians as there was a huge contingent of Canadians on this evening.

I finally met Richard and Sheryle (from Calgary) who live in my dream house on the hill.   Sheryle does cooking classes with her Ecuadorian friend Carmita and Bella has attended their classes.  I have been invited to come and actually see my dream home anytime.

I was discussing the Amigos School with Sheryle who introduced me to Emilie and Melinda who run the Hearts Of Gold foundation.  Apparently they are looking for non-profit charitable organizations to donate to, and apparently they already know Linda Atkisson of our group.  Maybe this could be a good fit??
I had one lady approach me about doing another night photography tour so I guess I will have to do that sometime soon.  

I was sought out by a lady named Regina and her son Barry.   Barry lives not far away and is a computer guru.  Regina is actually going to be moving across the river from us in October in the new houses there and is looking for someone to join her on the bus to Joe’s and to share the taxi back.  No problem.   She also is a bridge player so I set her up with Joe so they can have two tables going tomorrow.   We all had a very pleasant supper together.

GringoTree posted my ad tonight already so I had one bite from a professional photographer from Ona, south of here.   I really don’t want to give up on this trip.

After reviewing my photos tonight, I can’t say that I very happy with them today.   I’ll have to keep an eye on this camera to see if the focus problems continue or if it was just a bad night.

That was today’s excitement.   Please see all photos at souvenircuenca.blogspot.com.  Hugs to all.