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Friday, February 6, 2026

Friday February 6, 2026 Quiet

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Friday February 6, 2026

Wednesday night, while walking the dogs, I saw that the near-full moon would finally break for a while from the cloud cover. I got the P1100 and took the exciting shots below. I am amazed at the size of the moon crater at the top left!

Thursday, I spent most of the day trying to catch pre-Olympic events on the many channels available. I caught some "big-air" snowboard jumping eliminations (only 1 Canadian made the cut) and tried to catch a Canada-Norway women's hockey game, but it got postponed a week.... Some curling was available, but I always seemed to catch mixed-doubles matches involving the British team of Bruce Mouat and Jennifer Dodds.

Today, I again caught the British curling team win and awaited the opening ceremonies. But the coverage was only people doing yak-yak-yak so I turned it off and went outside for a bit to catch the other pics below.

We heard from vet John that he has been very sick and not able to accompany us to see the paragliders at Roldanillo... Drat!! Our other option was to rent a car and go on our own, but I scotched that idea as I don't need the stress of driving in congested, narrow areas...

OK, now I will go back to see if the Opening ceremonies have actually started.....

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

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The almost-full moon finally showed itself

The P1100 takes great moon shots

This is actual zoom!

Large crater top left is amazing

Better late than never

Good detail

Little different angle than from Canada

Britain vs Estonia

New flower

Bougainvillea

Palomin

Aloe flowering

A smaller one

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Wednesday February 4, 2026 Tom Thumb

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Wednesday February 4, 2026

We were up early again and Cristina went into Tulua to get 'soup' meat for the canines. I needed to keep busy....

I cleaned up some more outside and waited for Tom Thumb to show. He showed up with a rival which only makes him more protective of his nectar station... I got some pretty decent shots today...

We had a vet visit to collect blood from some of our dogs. I suspect mainly either Negrita or Nina to have tick disease as well and we are determined to be proactive after the shocking loss of our dear Princesa. I am still feeling responsible for not acting sooner when I spotted the first signs. Each dog has a big piece of our heart, as do now the cats, rabbit, duck, pigeons and chickens.

Some Olympic events have already started, like mixed curling, but I have yet to sit down and try to catch any of that action.

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