Canada Day

On Monday, Rosendo, Barb & I potted the 2nd butterfly palm so that we now have a pair. Although there are already 3 or 4 bougainvilleas along the inside, front wall, Barb wanted to fill in more. She got 2 more (again 55 pesos each) and Rosendo planted them. Some time in the future the entire wall should be one big mass. The flowers are a bright, almost fuchsia, colour. Later, in the afternoon, we went and got 2 more planter pots, same shape and style as the pots for the palms, but quite a bit smaller. These are for the 2 hybiscus bushes Barb bought last week. This should be the end for a while. Barb is still deciding how she wants to do the gardening. She already is planning to dig up grass along the walls to make garden. I tell her not to rush; she has years to do this and she shouldn’t get it all done and have nothing to do. However, she has a good space both in front and in back of the house inside the walls, plus a big area in front outside the wall.

The BBQ turned into a saga. On Monday, late in the day, the people who sold us the BBQ finally said that they had not been able to get the tanks filled; the tanks have to be taken to the Z Gas distribution center about 5 or 6 kms on the other side of Chapala. They said it would probably be next Monday because they are tied up with a big move. In the evening, they delivered the empty tank so that we could get it filled ourselves; they assure us that they usually have filled tanks which we can exchange for our empty tank in future. Today, following instructions, we managed to find the place (it is about a km off the highway and away from everything in case there is an accident and explosion). Anyway, we did get the tank filled and Barb is very excited to be able to BBQ. We stopped in the Oriano supermarket in Chapala and got a piece of salmon. We haven’t seen the latter anywhere in Ajijic, although we haven’t gone to one of the fish stores.

On this Canada Day, the local Canadian Club is holding a dinner with entertainment in the Nueve Posada. However, we did not get tickets; perhaps another year. Happy Canada Day to everyone.