Catching Up, A little of this and a little of that.

 The railings are in on the stairs.


All the interior doors have been installed.

This woodwork was done by a different carpenter.  Much better work.




Tom decided to hang my kayak off the wood beams with pulleys.

 When we went to Guadalajara looking for a car to drive within Mexico we went to the town of, Zacoalco de Torres.  The town is known for making equipale furniture and we ordered this set.    We also have completed the outdoor kitchen with a sink, refrigerator and BBQ. 



When we went to pick up the equipale furniture we stayed in the town of Villa Corona.  The campground was actually part of a swimming pool complex, Balneario Chimulco, that heated the pools with natural hot spring water.








They also had a sweat lodge.  Not sure how it all worked as you can see the campfire on the right and it somehow heated the sweat lodge on the left.



There were lots of picnic tables and even a restaurant within the complex.  

Villa Corona and Balneario Chimulco are located on Laguna Atotonilco.  The entire lake is very shallow, as you can see the pick-up drove in the water to the boat launch.











 This man was using a paddle to push along the water. 










Looking across the lake.  The foreground is part of a bird sanctuary.














An interesting insect on the wall of the house.    
















These birds sit on the power lines in the morning and make the lines sag.





Dusty loves to run in the surf.


 
Now you see there is a little puppy looking out with Dusty.  Yes she is a new addition.  The neighbors found her wandering in their yard and no-one claimed her.  No surprise, as there are tons of dogs in town.  Tom thought having another dog might calm Dusty down.  Dusty is so full of energy, but the jumping on people when they come, pulling on the leash and digging all my plants up and destroying them the day after I plant is getting a bit old.  

The neighbors called her Camaron, meaning shrimp with a shortened version of Cami.  For some reason I kept looking at her and calling her Mollie.  So Mollie is her name.

Dusty and Mollie get along great, Dusty lets her climb all over him and they play together all day long.

Finishing touches

Well we had another rainstorm, but it occurred during the night.    This plaster pan was left out and when I measured the depth it came to 5 inches!  That is why we had to do the portico and what Tom calls the eyebrows.     

                  

These are what Tom calls the eyebrows and they are shielding the vents.





 
 


 After being painted.







 Notice how they plastered around the vent pipe for the water heater.  The pipe is in place so that the wind won't blow out the flame.

Brick paths under the portico and part of the driveway.

 

 

 This is the rough outline of where we would like a patio in the future.  Not sure what we will use for the material.  Not paving bricks, something different. 










  Lots of roof tiles!

 This iguana was captured by our carpenter very close to the house.  When I told him I didn't want it around he bagged it up and planned on taking to his house.

Looking on the internet one site stated that the Crown of Thorns had insignificant Flowers.  You can't say that  about the one I planted.

 

 The house as it looks today.  Pretty much complete.  We still need to do landscaping and get furnishing for the house.  But, at least there is no more cement or brick dust to coat everything.

 We keep the gates closed as Dusty runs out and won't come when called.  We are working on that. 

So this bell. which hangs my the gate, is our doorbell.

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.