The Fountain, The Coin Fireplace and The Game Room

Buenos dias!!!! Como estas????

IT'S PHOTO TIME!!!

We have completed a couple of major things. I am only going to show you three for now,

I don't want to overwhelm you with all these speedy transitions.

THE FOUNTAIN

Senor was not too sure about the blue grout, but I overruled him.

It's like a jewel. I love it.

And it works, too.

I could've moved that electrical cord for the photo but I did not want you thinking we aren't working on something else.

THE MEXICAN COIN FIREPLACE

I have been collecting Mexican coins for years and now they are on the fireplace.

I think the oldest coin is 1914

THE GAME ROOM

Now, Senor thinks this is his room. The room where he and all his girl friends are going to get together for bridge games. In fact, almost every afternoon, they do get together, online and play. He sets up his computer here on the table and closes the doors. 

Of course, when he is playing, I am not allowed in there, NOT FOR ANY REASON.

He owed someone some money and they came to collect while he was in that room.

First, I knocked politely.

WHAT, he screamed at me, okay, I am going to change that to yelled at me, it sounds nicer.

I told him what I wanted......MONEY..........and I waited and I waited.

I went and told the person to return in two hours.

Senor takes his bridge very seriously.

I have made soldered fused glass lights for this room and once we get them up I will show you a photo of them. 

But the best thing is this room is the mobile.

 See it?

Senor made that for our daughter when she was a little baby and it hung in her nursery.

Now, it's in the Game Room, where I love to sit and read.

The room to the back is our old original bedroom, where we lived for most of these years, during construction, until moving to the new bedroom two years ago.

It needs some finishing decor touches and then I will show it to you.

Here is the mobile.

We are doing good.

 The weather has changed a little, last week we went to colder days and now this week we are back to hotter days.

I was finally able to change my top photo and it leads one to think it looks pretty festive around here.

 However we are not having any large organized fiestas. 

We have missed everything since Semana Santa, everything since Alamos went into lockdown and curfew last Spring. During lockdown one could not leave or enter town without a government issued pass. You could get a pass for a visit to a hospital or doctor and that was about it. There were no alcohol sales, no postal service, no restaurants or fondas were open. And at 10pm, when the loud siren, up at the Mirador went off, you'd better be in side your yard or house. It was hard, many people did not see their out of town families for almost seven months. The day the Tecate trucks rolled into town in October, people lined the streets and cheered.

We have now been open for about a month and it's a little scary. 

Tour buses are here, and that means tourists are everywhere.

People are free to come into town  now and some are good about following the rules they receive at the tent as they drive in, for example, handwashing, mask wearing and social distancing.

 Many restaurants remain closed, while more and more fondas  (food stands) seem to be opening.

Like many people I am heartbroken to not be with our kids and two little grandchildren for Thanksgiving. But I am eager for Thanksgiving because it is the day I might get this cast off.

I have just about hit the wall.

Okay, time to go.

Senor says he is playing bridge soon and I have piles of magazines on the bridge table.

BAD GIRL.

Que le vaya bien!!!

Linda Lou