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Friday March 6, 2026 Visit

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Friday March 6, 2026

Happy 55th Anniversary dear Patsy. You are missed every day. ♥♥ It is so hard to believe that you have already been gone almost 30 years.

I tried to watch the big curling matches today but had to give up in the 10th end to go visiting. Both Gushue and Jacobs lost their first games of the Brier! Koe of Alberta has had a major reversal to brilliant shot-making again and is now the only unbeaten team!

We grabbed a Pirata to Tulua, then a taxi to the home of Willian (their spelling..) and Cristina's half-sister Beatriz. We always have a great visit with them and their son, John.

I brought beer, wine and the music. They supplied a lovely supper of rice and ribs.

We discussed many, many subjects, but mostly travel, since John had recently been to Europe with his girlfriend. I just realized that Trump's name was never spoke once, so the conversations were happy and light.

Willian always likes his photo taken with different hats and the beautiful Beatriz is always natural for photos. Cristina has to be coaxed to pose, lol.

A heavy, but short, rainstorm hit while we were there. The humidity in Tulua was incredible and I was suffering with the stickiness all afternoon.

We managed to catch a taxi with an amenable driver who took us all the way to our door...

I then watched the Edmonton Oilers put on another disgustingly poor performance in a loss to the Hurricanes. Grrrr

I hope you enjoy the pictures. That was the day’s excitement.

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The lovely sisters

Willian likes his hats

Typical Colombian LR parking..

Rain on their second level

Always trying to get shots of reflections in drops

Heavy rain for a while

Another attempt

Lots of water draining

Another hat

Now a touque

I was cajoled into joining in

A fun visit

Thursday, March 5, 2026

Thursday March 5, 2026 Privacy

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Thursday March 5, 2026

We actually got up early to install a privacy cover inside the Spinach Patch to hopefully hide the bunny, Choco, from the dogs, especially Rio, Grande, Nina and Tommy. I worked the outside as Cristina organized the inside coating the way she wanted. Hopefully this will have the desired outcome and Choco will be safe out there. Who knows, ... it could become his permanent home, with lots of iron-rich spinach to eat... and he can provide goos fertilizer for the spinach!!! A perpetual nature circle!

Uncle Raimundo stopped by. Since Cristina was doing her hair because the day turned rainy, the trip to Salto to see Raimundo's sister, Auntie ?? (I forget the name) will probably happen Saturday.

Cristina is also planning a visit for the two of us to see her half-sisters,.. maybe tomorrow. I will remember to bring music and beer...

A long awaited Brier showdown between retiring champion Brad Gushue of Newfoundland and Brad Jacobs, Olympic Champion Team Canada happened this afternoon. The teams played a very close game until the last 2 ends and Gushue ran Jacobs out of rocks for the win... That was curling at its best!!!!

I am still smarting over being duped by a speculative AI story about our Prime Minister Mark Carney sending an ultimatum to Trump and aligning a block of countries to take over our trade from the USA. Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2Tiic0lGlQ

While it is untrue, it is believable in such a way that we would be world heroes for standing up to the Big Orange Bully. I am so sorry that it is not true.....

I twigged to the fact that this was an AI production when the woman narrator did not use notes and had karaoke-style captions for the whole narrative...., on a story supposedly only minutes old... I watched a couple of others too, but they had a disclaimers that said they were an AI production. One of them purported that Canada went against NATO and NORAD to sign a defence deal with Putin and the Russians... That one was really not believable...

The ones with Warren Buffet only showed a photo of him for the whole supposed story of how Canada was going to bury the USA economically by not buying American goods, and shutting off the oil flow...

There was another story that top American generals were calling out Trump for using the military to bolster his political BS...

This AI crap is scary...

But we can harbor a slim hope that the American courts will quit playing Republican politics and enforce the law of the land which would remove this cancer from our midst.... I can't imagine how this ridiculous dolt can act like an unruly dictator by threats and bluster and no Americans have the guts to call his bluffs... Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr I hate that man..........

I hope you enjoy the pictures. That was the day’s excitement.

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Tommy

Starting the inside privacy screen

Almost done...

Overwatch by a Saffron Finch

.... and his wife...

Fric and Frac,... Grande and Rio

Done most of it

This is a Genus Heterotemna beetle

Misha likes to be cuddled

Maybe the match of the year....

Gushue unbeaten

Jacobs unbeaten

Amazing stats for Gushue

Wow stats for the 8 players on the ice

Last rock not needed, Gushue wins