Five o'clock Alarm

Somehow, I awoke just before I heard the unmistakable sound of a crashing tree. Five am. The rain didn't seem that strong. Could have been wind. Saw two flashlights running around next door. Not on the properties. Anyway – here's the victim. Largest girth in Soggy Bottom.

But it was just a branch.

 Would qualify as a tree.

The old guy isn't the tallest. These are. Whatever they are.

This one's been around for awhile.

But the lord and King shall remain...

Your arm's off!
Tis merely a scratch.

Fog Man Dango

Spooky Asteroid

These neighbors of mine (at long last identified as a Groove-billed Ani) have little fear of man or weed whackers when there are insects to be found. Four of them followed a few feet away while I mowed the yard. 

V:  Where was the bird when he landed on the branch?

M:  On the branch?

V:  That was after he landed.

M:  In the air.
V:  That was before he landed.

I asked Señor Ani if he could showcase his wings for me. I'm telling ya – human-friendly.

View from the Top

Fog Man Django

Mt. Mandango at dawn.

In the afternoon, it rained.

Ladies and gentlemen, please give a warm

welcome to that great crooner
~ just back from the Copa ~
Scrub Blackbird!

Welcome to the Jungle

ATENCIÓN: New Amazon expedition in "Field Trips" November 18, 2019

Ladies and Gents ~ The Rain Season Has Commenced

After a downpour, the clarity is exceptional.

  

Now, kindly stop burning.

Excellent location for a future Hobbit-hole.

Swiftly the green emerges.

Smile

A Clock With No Hands

Can you exist without waiting?

Without expecting

To be filled with the next thing?

Mooji

I have all the right ingredients. It's been raining lightly for 24 hours. It's the weekend and there's no place like home. We have sustenance, ambience and unidentified flying objects. I haven't seen either of these tipos before and they show up the same day. Migratory? On the equator? 

I swear on Ma Libassi's grave that these are "as shot". 

Best viewed on a big screen. 

What is going on out here?

Shy Finch. A female. 

Walking Around Cuenca

The diversity of Ecuador is mirrored in the wild color combinations

of marble tile. 

(?)

Municipal Museum of Modern Art

In 1876, Bishop Miguel León founded the "House of Temperance" to treat chronic drunks in the city. It is only after two years that a small house is acquired next to the Plaza de San Sebastián to the presbyter Martín Aguirre, so that this praiseworthy social service can be provided.

The corner part of the current complex is incorporated in a lease in 1919, but the date of its construction has not been established. 

Subsequently, on January 15, 1924, the House of Temperance was destined for the Men's Prison of Cuenca. 

After some years, in 1937, it was decided to dedicate the property to the Asylum for the Elderly and the Indigent. And finally, the building, with the expansion of some premises, is converted into the School of Work, Children's Home and Health Center. 

In 1978, the Ecuadorian State, through the Ministry of Health, transferred the building to the local Municipality in the Mayoralty of Dr. Pedro Córdova.

The following year, the Central Bank and the Municipality sign an agreement that allows its restoration and adaptation to new use, a process carried out by the architect Patricio Muñoz Vega, who respects to the maximum the characteristics and architectural elements of one of the most beautiful places in the city. Transformed into a museum in 1981, it was inaugurated in February 1992. 

If you're well-off, you live in a wealthy area and you get an elaborate church.

When you're in a poorer neighborhood, you get a more humble church building, like San Sebastian's here.
It should be the other way around. The poor are humbled enough.