Tuesday October 23/12 update #263
I was up until 2:30 watching a movie, since I wasn’t tired
because of the long nap. Then a
neighbour (this is 2 days in a row now) decides to pound on something starting
at 6:45am for about 5 minutes, just enough to wake up the whole neighbourhood.. I find myself getting more upset each time
with the rudeness of Ecuadorians when it comes to noise. One of the neighbor’s car alarms was going
off all weekend until I was almost going bonkers. They just seem to think it is tough titty for
everyone else.
Still no water this morning so I checked with the restaurant
next door and she confirmed it was a neighbourhood problem so she must be
really in trouble! I asked Michael
Berger to check what is happening so he managed to contact Etapa and they have
indicated that we should have water restored by this evening. I sure hope so, or I won’t even sleep with
myself! I’ll have to go out and get a
temporary hotel room with a shower.
I could watch them craning up the supports for the
rollercoaster being assembled at the amusement park on the road to El Valle. Any Health and Safety professional would just shake
their head in disbelief at the way they do things here.
Hearts Of Gold are holding a fundraiser Gala Night at Joe’s Secret Garden
I heard the familiar sound of a hummingbird and I saw one
perched in one of Tom Thumb’s favorite spots.
It took me a while to get the feeder filled, etc, but it is now on the
windowsill with the big silk flower like usual so we are hoping to see our
little buddy visiting us again.
I waited for the metal shelf guys to come and install the terrace
shelf at 2pm. Finally at 3pm I just
walked over there and saw my shelf, made of aluminum, sitting on one of the
work tables. They called out the owner
and he asked if they could install it tomorrow.
It is always manana in Ecuador ! I flatly said no, that the agreement was to
install it today at 2pm and it was now past 3pm. I asked if the shelf was completed and he
said yes, so they just started gathering tools and we headed to the house. It came in shorter than we originally
requested but that was OK, I was just happy to get this up for the boys. When they tried to screw it into the concrete
wall they realized they needed more bracing underneath to make it sit flat so
they had to run back to the shop for 4 small braces. It really didn’t take too long and they were
very nice. They were also very curious
about the Boys too. Bella’s long rug
that she had woven specifically for an 8” shelf fits perfectly. So far it hasn’t slid off anywhere so I am
hoping we don’t have to do anything to secure it to the aluminum. We might need those picnic table clips.
The Boys have been sitting out there since it was put up so
we know we have done the right thing.
Peso can really watch all the swallows scoot by, one after the other,
and he is just riveted.
Then I spotted that gorgeous yellow bird again. He was desperately trying to dislodge a dead
leaf from a tree so he is certainly nesting close by. It was funny to watch him look at all the
angles and then try to yank it in different directions. He was persistent on this stubborn leaf and
he seems to have gotten his prize after all his hard work.
7pm and still no return of Tom Thumb, or our water supply,
darn it.
That was today’s excitement.
Hugs to all. Please see all photos at souvenircuenca.blogspot.com
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