Hi,
Another extremely hot day has been logged in the annuls of history. Once again we braved the madness and went into town.
It's Day 2 of 'Bad Ass Bass' and the mail has shown that you know this tune. The lyrics aren't heavy, but the bass was. "__ __, come on and take my heart. Take your love and conquer every part, 'cause I'm lonely and I'm blue, I need you and your love too. Come on and __ __." Hint: It's something St. Bernards and firefighters do.
While we were doing 'morning things', like watering and getting ready for the day, I spotted a new bird in the yard. It landed on our wall and then hopped down into the yard. The bird has long legs and a very big wing-span. It must have been young because it didn't fly away when I crept up to take photos. It stayed in the shade and made it's way to the back yard where it spent a few moments getting the spray from a sprinkler. It finally flew across the yard and on to our neighbors yard.
A Morning Visitor
This morning we left the house with a list. We began our adventure at the main market, where anything and everything is sold. There are some things in life that you can depend on to stay the same. The fish/shrimp counter at the west entrance will always have a heavy aroma (I'm being nice) which is amplified in the hot weather. Certain food vendors never seem to go away, the gold stand is an institution, and the strolling musicians are there rain or shine. Today we saw both of the blind singers. It still boggles the mind how these cats negotiate the narrow aisles and continue to do what they do. We saw the 'treat lady' who had a stall at Central Plaza. She's back in the market due to the high rent at the mall. She introduced us to a new dessert today and it's yummy.
The vegetable market has many things on the surrounding streets that are part of a shopping expedition. There are flowers, fruit, stuffed animals, and 'The Chicken Guy'. He has a stainless steel cart and roasts a delicious, franchised chicken. Our usual guy wasn't there so after getting some fruit we drove across town to another location where we thought there was a cart. We found it, right next door to an 'everything store'. It's like heaven if you like hardware, novelty, notions, toy type stores. I do but I've learned to stay calm. Got what we needed and got out.
The campaign to get motorbike riders to wear helmets seems to be working. I see a lot more riders with their heads covered by the inexpensive, slightly protective shells they are required to wear. What's funny is that as soon as they leave the 'metropolitan' areas, they take them off and put them in the basket in front of the handle bars.
Have a Thrilling Thursday,
Peace,
Danny
"Use what talents you possess;
the woods would be very silentif no birds sang except those that sang best."
~Henry Van Dyke
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