"To lose the earth you know, for greater knowing; to lose the life you have, for greater life; to leave the friends you loved, for greater loving; to find a land more kind than home, more large than earth"
Thomas Wolfe

Saturday, February 26, 2011

More La Paloma

This Summer was full of fun for everyone.

Black Bikini Club
As you can see, nobody had any fun before I arrived.
I don't know about that highlighting move, it's supposed to be blue type with, eh whatever.

good view from the porch
Claudia has still got it. She's single you know.
I like Cacho because he's worn, like me.

         
                           






 


'El Emi' is Emilio
Gabriela can still bring it too.


Gabriela Darre is responsible for most of these photos, not for instance this one of her. She always says her photos are not so good, but as you can see she can use the camera as well as anyone. That's her son El Emi.
Where's the fire?
If you're getting sick of these two and their fabulous tans, your not alone. They did make fire, I mean, a fire. Oops.
The beach was always the place to be.

It seems so long ago already. It's been just a month and the world seems different. Vincent goes back to school next week, Luca shortly thereafter.

Onward and upward. If we take our progress in the slow doses our suffering was ingested, we should be just fine.

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Friday, February 4, 2011

Vacation - La Paloma

We wait all year for these weeks. Thoughts of languid days, rough furniture and very few showers help us to last out the frigid winds of winter in Uruguay. If not for Rocha I don't know that we'd have made it.

                            
We weren't disappointed.                                                        

 Amalia came for a few days.  She had a great time with the exception of that one arrest which was huge misunderstanding, charges she's likely to beat.
Jani, Mora, Clo
Gonzalo
  








Claudia Carambula swung by too. We entertained the idea of going to La Pedreda for a day, but in the end couldn't. We won't likely see Chero and family until they're back in town.



 Two asados the week I was there. I did ok at my turn, for the other a friend took over and showed me a few new tricks. Watch me next time.


Cacho worked the mussels.
Pass the er....




Me make fire.







The kids were drawn to the town fair; crafts, henna tattoos, crazy t-shirts. We had to go a few times and hang out, but it was easy.

It was an easy evening at the fair.


Vincent, Joaquin, Emilio check out the fair.
Afternoon break means WAR!



I introduced fly strips to La Paloma.




 It was nice to be out of doors, all the time. And better usually, the flies were pretty bad. I killed many, but there's still more work to be done.

I got crazy trying to capture the sunset with my digital camera.
Cacho and Janine get the fish night going.
 
A moment of peace.

A week spent very chummy.

We have news of the unrelenting snows in the Northeast. Of course, we miss the snow, but that sounds wrong when you have too much that just won't quit. So for now we are in glorious summer and that ain't bad.
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