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Sunday, February 8, 2026

Sunday February 8, 2026 Cometas

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Sunday February 8, 2026

Last night, a few Paso Fino horses went by again. I sure would like to be able attend another full Cabalgata parade before leaving.

I never thought that the Winter Olympics would be boring, but until our hockey teams and full curling teams get going, the time difference from Italy makes it tough to watch anything live. Our mixed doubles curling team is already out of contention, with poor, timid play.

I got bored in the afternoon and jumped on the older electric moped in spite of the darkening skies and went to try to catch some of the paragliders soaring near town.

I actually caught rain and hid under a service station awning for almost 30 minutes while the rain passed by. What I didn't realize was that there was no rain just one block further.....

So I caught a few paragliders with the lovely coastal cordillera of the Andes below them for a change of pace. One cloud looked a lot like an angel I thought, but it doesn't really show up in the picture.

We discussed the new paraplegic dog who is called Tommy, and he bravely wants to walk, but dragging his back feet raw in the process. We have discussed ways cover the back feet so they will slide easily for him. He seems to like it. I am pretty sure that Tommy will become our 13th dog to replace Princesa.

Then we went on Amazon and got him specialty diaper holders, plus I ordered another of the 6" chainsaws with 2 - 20V batteries. And, some idiot junkie stole the doorbell from the gate at the "Refugio", Adiela's refuge for strays, so I ordered another set too.

The last 2 nights I watched some Video-On-Demand movies I had favorited long ago, ones I have never seen for a change. But I watch 1/2 and leave the other 1/2 for the next day. Right now I am watching The Valachi Papers with Charles Bronson and his wife Jill Ireland, and Joseph Wiseman. So far, so good.

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

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The Paso Fino hoofbeats are distinctive

This small group had passed by.

Poor Tommy needs protection for his back feet

We later covered the socks with plastic from bottles

Paragliders hovered near the storm clouds

Thankfully no lightning around

The final day is tomorrow

Raindrops are fascinating, yes?

Cool splashes

Reflective bubbles

Lots of bubbles

Splashing on hard pavement

Cool Bubbles

These are called Cometas

Ripples are cool too

Soaring in the Andes

Spot 5 cometas

Love the backdrop

Coastal cordillera is so green

10 feet away

Looking for dinner

I saw an angel...

Saturday, February 7, 2026

Saturday February 7, 2026 Pati

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Saturday February 7, 2026

We waited until well after lunch for Carlos to call and advise if he was coming to finish the 3 concrete ramps or not. He did not bother to communicate, so not....

Our duck Pati got a nice day to strut in the backyard so she got the lion's share of the shots today with the big P1100. That 3000mm zoom is incredible! I even got a couple of decent shots of Tom Thumb. This is what I kept of 116 shots.. Love those ducky feet!

Sofi showed up to spend the day with us again and play Parcheesi with Cristina.

Then I watched Canada's mixed curling Olympic team lose their 3rd in a row to Estonia, who played great, to sit with a 3-3 record. The Canadians still have an outside chance to get on track to beat the Brits, who are 6-0 as I expected...

Next was the women's hockey team playing Switzerland who had a hot goalie against their 55 shots, most of which were of real poor quality. This was not much of a test as the Swiss only had 6 shots, so we showed an adequate defence to go with a basically anemic offence that consistently failed to find those top corners. Bad referee calls made us look good with powerplay goals.

The rest of the night will likely be pretty boring.

Cristina's sister Adiela and niece Lina dropped off a paraplegic dog while Cristina was off to Tulua to get more liver dog meat. I understood that we may be keeping this poor dog for 10 days... Always surprises and more surprises...

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