We love our saints here in San Miguel de Allende. On this particular night we celebrated La Alborada (The Dawn), in honor of Saint Michael the Archangel, our town’s patron saint. We just missed the 100th anniversary celebration last year, and after seeing the 101st I can only imagine the … Read More
Blossoming
Psyched! Only 100 days until Christmas! We go from a 4.3gmp 12v pump powering our showers on the boat, to this. Actually, the pressure wasn’t terrible, but hey, a few extra horsepower spliced in-line couldn’t hurt. In case you need to power blast a few layers of skin. I originally … Read More
Día de la Independencia
It’s Independence Day in Mexico. I love the story of Mexico’s independence, and it all revolves around Hidalgo and his Grito de Dolores, which kicked off the War of Independence in 1810. I love the great pride Mexicans take in the story of their uprising and ultimate victory over the … Read More
That’s a First
There’s always a bug peeking around the corner. This is actually the driveway up to the indoor pool where Ouest trains. It’s a beautiful place situated on the top of a hill overlooking all this empty land. We’ve only gotten to see the train come by a couple of times, … Read More
Squeezed In
Lest you think we bought a house in Mexico to sprawl out with tons of space. Our house is about 7′ narrower than our catamaran. Granted, it is a bit longer, and taller. A lot of homes here are about as wide as a VW bug. In Centro they have … Read More
Minnesota Goodbye
Aunt Katy and Ouest hanging out on Grandpa’s always impeccable grass. The neighbor’s passion fruit vine has climbed over the wall and into one of our patios. Although I’m not sure they are going to last long by the looks of it. It got all the way down into the … Read More
Dog Sitter
Not a kangaroo or koala bear in sight for the kids’ Australian friend. After a couple of days without the rest of the family around, Za basically attached herself to my feet. Pinning me down to make sure I didn’t try and disappear, too. My latest package of glass panes. … Read More
Minnesota and Mexico
Ali and the kids got to Minnesota just in time to catch the last day of the Washington County Fair. Classic good times. Little disappointed that they chose to go with a car balancing competition this year, rather than the burnout competition of the past. It was kind of fun … Read More
Boat Stuff
It occurred to me that I never mentioned that we sold the boat. Ended up selling it to the first people that looked at it, though it still managed to be about a four-month process. Initial offer was ridiculous. A month passed, another offer came along. The haggling I was … Read More
Doggie in the Window
Back at Grammy’s one day Ouest surprised her with a song. Grammy has always talked about how she had wanted so badly to play the piano, but when she was a kid they were far too poor to even consider such a thing. So she was over the moon when … Read More