Day of the Revolution

I thought I'd put in some pictures of the parade from the "Day of the Revolution" on Nov 20th.  This is a National Holiday.  I think the pictures are self explanatory.  There are floats, the volleyball team, boxing team,  gymnasts, I think a local dance team, kids, baton twirlers, etc.  Of coarse all the spectators and family members.  Even the siblings of the participants got into the spirit of the parade.      Enjoy the pictures.

 

 

Tile, drains, tinaco

This is the pattern for the living area.  It is hard to see the actual colors because of all the cement and brick dust.  The bedroom is similar.  I will have to post a better picture later.   It is nice not to be living with uneven concrete floors.Before they applied the tiles they had to level the living room.  It took several bags of tile cement to get it level.

Tom wanted some traditional tiles on the patio.  They are applied with cement and the grout is also a type of cement.

Here, again, there was lots of leveling to do.



 They used this coke bottle with a nozzle to apply the cement grout.  They sure are inventive.






Railings are in on the patio.













I'm always amazed at how things come together.  Here Tom wanted a round stand to put the tinaco on.  With only the tools you see here Martin made this perfectly round stand using bits and pieces of brick with cement.

  The finished stand with tinaco on top.




Drains were place around the front wall to help move water out into the street instead of pooling against the front wall.