Random Thoughts and Pictures

Christmas is coming,

The goose is getting fat,

Please to put a penny in the poor man's hat!.......

It seems so strange! I am still wearing shorts and the temperature is in the 80s, but everyone is decorating for Christmas. This tree, sponsored by the Sello Rojo milk company, is in the Parque Hidalgo downtown. Those are little black and white cows with red ribbons around their necks.

Since I live so close to Atlanta, the home of Coca Cola, this tree with its Coke decorations caught my eye in a mall in Guadalajara.

Nacimientos (manger scenes) are in 'most every home in Mexico at this time of the year. You can buy the parts for the manger scenes at any puesto. At this house, the people put up a huge Nacimiento, starting with the Old Testament (Adam, Eve, and an apple tree!) and continuing through the birth and life of Jesus Christ.

The picture above shows Jesus with Joseph and Mary in the carpenter shop.

Daniel in the lion's den is behind the man in the red and blue. Look carefully and you can see the lions.

See the duck swimming in the lake, the angels, and how about that zebra??

This nacimiento was so detailed. I spent about 15 minutes just looking at the details and, of course, taking pictures. The nacimiento was surrounded by the wrought iron fence and they put chicken wire around it to protect it from poking fingers. It made is a little hard to get good pictures.

Sand sculptors work on the beach by the Malecon. This is a pumpkin they did in October. It is all carved from sand.

This is one that is on the beach now. It is hard to believe that it is sand, but I watched a man using a plastic spoon and carving the details.

"Oddessey on Ice", an ice show, was here in PV and Lety and I went to see it. Imagine how hard it must be to keep ice frozen in PV and it was under a tent too! Truth to tell, there was about 1/2 inch of water on top of the ice. Everyone enjoyed it. The clowns were the best!

"My" beautiful mountains that surround PV are still green but now the air is white from pollution---just like at home. During the rainy season, there was no white air. They are still beautiful.

There are lots of public telephones in Mexico. They are on the street corners, not in a phone booth. You buy a prepaid Ladatel phone card and can make local and long-distance calls.

What I have learned from kindergarten....when you sit in a kindergarten chair, your knees come up to your ears.

Yes, you are looking at a Woolworth's store! I think all the Woolworth's are gone from the states but this one is thriving in PV.

Across the street from Woolworth's is the Lan's department store---a very nice store to shop in.

This is the Plaza Marina shopping center. There is a grocery store, laundry, dry cleaners, Internet cafe, restaurants and shops here. It is close to my house and I often shop there.

If ye havn't got a penny,

A ha'penny'll do...

If ye havn't got a ha'penny,

Then God bless you.

Hasta luego.