Monday, August 12, 2013

          School is still in session here which means that seminary is held in our church building every week-day morning from 5:00 to 6:00 a.m.  One of the sisters who teaches the class said if I arrived at the church before they all left, I could get in without a key and practice.  So this morning at 5:45 the door was open just like she said; and I went into the chapel, waited until class was over, and then had a wonderful hour of pouring expression into and out of the piano and it felt so great!!

          We did laundry early and I walked late.  Glade walked while I was practicing the piano.  You may or may not have seen the pictures of the broad-winged hawk posted a few days ago, but all during my walk thirteen of those giants soared overhead and were very intimidating. They circled low again and again and one swooped near enough for me to hear its wings push air!   I tried to get pictures, but the sun was so bright it was hard to see anything on the screen of my phone, so it was all a “shot in the sunlight” and they didn’t do justice to the “air show” those creatures gave.

          About noon we called our favorite taxi driver, Dave, and he took us to La Colonia (the grocery store) and the City Mall where we looked for a cable to connect a computer to the TV.  Glade wants to stream BYU football and would love it on the TV instead of just the computer.  We didn’t have any luck though—couldn’t find one anywhere.  Also unavailable were an extension cord and a power strip.  Oh well.  Maybe they will show up on one of our future outings.  We did find an ATM finally so we can keep paying the taxi driver and buying bread from our favorite bakery!

Glade says that without a point of reference--like Justin suggested--you just can't tell how big this bird is.  So use your imagination and picture it as the biggest bird you have every seen and imagine it with twelve giant friends!

Waiting in the rain for our taxi

On our way shopping

There was a Wendy's at the Mall and we decided to see if a frosty here tastes like the ones at home.  Glade didn't look at the size he was ordering and was obviously disappointed that it was a child's portion.  I shared mine with him, but next time he'll get the bigger size!!  They tasted great--just like home.