Ah---Home Again in Tlaqupaque

We have been here for almost a month and have been a bit slow with blogs as life is full of everyday events and  there just does not seem to be enough time to get one done.  Also, we are lax on taking photos .

And we could not let you get by without at least a couple of photos of the Mariachi singers at the Parian. She is a new one for us and was very good and we hope to hear her again sometime. The second photo has her singing with one of the band members and they also were very good.

We have talked often about the grand celebrations that take place when young girls become 15 years old.  The fiesta is called quince anos.  This photo Nancy took of a young girl getting ready for her debut.  She and friends were taking photos in the park.

Before we left Alberta, Carolyn Otto gave us the bridle/harness to give to Juan Carlos, for his fancy horse that he uses to pull his fancy cart.  He was so happy to receive it.

Our back garden was a mess when we arrived as the following photo shows.  Just way overgrown and full of weeds. But after a few days of cutting and pulling we got it in order and now it looks great.

This is one flower we did not pull out.  It usually has finished by the time we get here and not started again by the time we leave.

And this was a friend we discovered when we were cleaning up the area.  For those who do not recognize the red design on the belly of the spider, she is the dreaded black widow.  There were two of them and they both ended up dead.

And this is what the garden looks like now and we sort of like it.



Our first week here we were invited to a birthday party for Marcos, one of Olivia's grandsons. It was his third birthday and was a grand affair.  They had hired an event planner and there job was to keep the children happy and busy and they did a fine job.

There were about 100 people in attendance, mostly adults and of the children, they were mostly boys and boys will be boys from whatever country they are from.  This is a big inflatable slide that they all played king of the castle from.

This is Corrina and her second child Mateo.  She is the mother of the birthday boy, Olivia's oldest daughter and our very excellent house cleaner.

Kids being entertained.

Olivia and her youngest daughter Fatima

We had a major event at our house.  We celebrated both American Thanksgiving and Mexican Independence Day last Monday.  Here we are ready for our guests, for a party that was to begin at 5:00PM.  We are ready!!!  The first guests arrived at 5:30 and the last at 9:30, 18 in total, comprsing of 4 Canadians, 1 Cuban and the rest Mexicans.  Not sure why we were celebrating American Thanksgiving!!!!!

Rudolpho, Olivia's son and his very beautiful wife, Violeta

Nancy and Olivia, both very beautiful.

The young people soon moved from the patio to the TV area.

And the last people to arrive, a couple who work in Olvia's restaurant

It is not a very clear photo but this is Paul and his mother, Joyce, from Toronto.  We have known them from past years here and they have become good friends.

And more youngsters all belong to Olivia.

We have bought a humming bird feeder and a hammock but you will have to wait till the next blog to get photos and the hummng birds feeding and Nancy in the hammock.