March 01, 2022

Hagred



Hagred is our resident Pygmy Owl.





This is what the back of his head looks like.





Ah. Here's his smiling face.







 


February 28, 2022

Carnivál in Ecuador

 

It's Carnivál week in Vilcabamba. It features the usual
festival food, drinks, music and crafty vendors.
But the event everyone highlights is
the drowning of friends and family
in aerosol foam and assault weapons loaded with water.

Es la semana del Carnavál en Vilcabamba.
Cuenta con la habitual comida del festival, bebidas,
música y vendedores artesanales.
Pero el acontecimiento que todo el mundo
destaca es el ahogamiento de amigos y familiares
en espuma de aerosol y armas de asalto cargadas de agua.























































 














January 02, 2022

Trek to Turtle Mountain

New Years Day, 2022. Expedition II to the slopes
 of Turtle Mountain to locate the spring that is 
the source of our water. 
Photos captured with a Samsung phone.












































































Mi casa pequeño




Floppy the bull was looking us over with great interest. 
Holsteins ignore you but this guy I don't know.





At the Top




On the dome of the mountain there was a grove of trees
shadowing wide open ground cover






where we met Floppy and his friends again. I don't care who you are, it's no joy ride when they won't stop walking towards you. 





















We were turned back from our quest by a heavily thicketed ravine. But we did see the other side side of the mountain.