Saturday, August 31, 2019

Saturday August 31, 2019 Lago Calima


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Saturday August 31, 2019
It is the end of August already!  Where does the time go?
Yesterday I finished work on a composite photofor John Faber Rojas, the vet.  He had admitted that wolves fascinated him so my gift to him is below.
On RedBubble I also got an invitation from the Canadian Artists group to visit her in Grimsby since that is a stone's throw from my sister's place in Vineland, if I ever get back to Ontario.  That was unexpected.
Cristina had a political meeting again and I had an invitation to try a South African drink with David and Irma so I went and enjoyed some brandy and ginger ale, good snacks and some good videos.  One was a video on a Canadian ace in the RAF in Malta named George Beurling.  I had to admit that I had never heard of him before.

This morning I woke again around 3am with a nuisance right hip pain again, not as severe as last time so I skipped the Tylenol and just used the TENS machine and I was OK again within a couple of hours.
Cristina took the bus into Tulua to help clean Adiela's house.  Adiela had knee surgery yesterday so it will be a while before she  is back to normal.
We had been asked to go on a trip to the Buga area to first see a house that Aram and Liliana were considering to rent.  I picked them up at 11am then we went in to pick up Cristina and we headed out.  Extreme confusion with the directions led us out of the way about 15 miles, and back.  The house was nice, in Yotoco, but in a developing area right next to a chicken hatchery.  The smell was enough to gag a nag.
Then we tried to find a supposedly pristine natural river and waterfall at a place called Mediacanoa, and again, the directions left a lot to be desired so we did a lot of driving for nothing.  When we did get to the right area, the roads were horrible.  Then the path into the river area was soaked by a spring so we just turned around.
It was suggested that we go to Lago Calima because we were so close, so we did go there.  At one point the 4-lane road was blocked and backed up because the road had slid away on the opposite side, and they even had one of our lanes blocked, so it was essentially one-way traffic for about a mile on this major road to the coast.  Our two lanes were merging and, when we got the signal to go, the semi beside us just drove into the side of the car ahead of us.  The driver was either blind or drunk to do anything so stupid.  We managed to squeeze by and continue our journey to a restaurant further up.  I had the most delicious chicharon (pork) ever...  
It was super cloudy, windy and 20C, so it felt cool.  There was moisture in the air too and we actually got a tiny sprinkle as we continued our way around the lake.  There were windsurfers enjoying the weather and a few powerboats were testing the waves.
We came home to a call to attend a political rally down the street.  They gave us plain blue t-shirts to wear.  When we got there people were being entertained by a pretty darn good male singer.  Then this raft of candidates for everything from Governor, to Mayor, to Alderman, and probably more, started with pep speeches.  After 2 hours we lit out.
I hope you enjoy the pictures.  That was the day’s excitement.
Al
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My gift to John

House for rent in Yotoco

This chicken hatchery is literally next door.

Undeveloped terrain or second floor, but mountain view

Pretty simple, and unfinished

This resort at Mediacanoa was nice

This was our way into the pristine area

Looking down onto a blustery Lago Calima

Lots of cloud blowing through

Aram, Liliana and Yireh

The lake is about 30 kms long

The dam is in the center


Aram likes his photo taken, unlike me

Clearing up a tad

A waterfall near the dam

Yireh and Aram

And again

Blew this shot....

Windsurfers in action

The wind is pretty strong

They need strength to hang on

It looks like fun

They can move pretty fast

It is like being pulled by a speedboat


Mountain view on the way back (taken by Aram)

A liitle to the right (taken by Aram)

Political street rally

This singer was really good!

Big hand-picked crowd

Our cheering section

A candidate

Even the kids wore blue

Preaching to the choir....



Thursday, August 29, 2019

Thursday August 29, 2019 Vet


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Thursday August 29, 2019
I don't know why but I awoke around 3am with a lot of pain in my right hip.  There was also a tremendous amount of smoke from somewhere outside that was almost choking.  I finally just got up, took 2 Tylenol and applied my TENS machine for 2 hours.  By 5:30 I was ready and able to walk the dogs and most of the pain was gone.  It didn't bother me the rest of the day.
Then we showered, got dressed, and ran the new dog, Rocas, for an examination by the vet John Faber Rojas.  He took a blood sample to check to see if Rocas would be strong enough for sterilization surgery.  We left her there pending the results.
John also had some interesting creatures to work on.  One was a large owl with a broken elbow in its wing.  He also had a small owl with a damaged eye.  Then he had an orphaned oppossum baby.  Somewhere he had also worked on some hedgehog babies which we saw a video of.
We had breakfast at Bizcochito again, sharing a table with another lady so I paid her bill too.  We had 3 pastels (think delicious shepherd's pie in a ball), an empanada and 2 drinks between the 3 of us and the bill was under 7,000 pesos, or $1.98!  I could eat there every day.....
We contacted Adiela and hung around until we could find out if we had to run to Buga or not to pick up the semi-Siamese cat to be adopted by our friend Tom in Manizales.  She had trouble reaching the owner but eventually it was decided that the owner would bring the cat in to John.  John would sterilize it, hold onto it until Tuesday, when he will give it all the vaccinations and parasite control.
We came home, napped, had lunch, and napped again.
I got the Sony camera all ready to donate to John and we went back around 3:30 to get Rocas.  Her blood levels were too low in too many areas for surgery so she is on medications and strong high-iron food to build up her blood levels.  We'll bring her back next wednesday for a chemo treatment and see how she is then.
The cat was there, already sterilized and groggy.  Tom has named her LeeLee already and hopefully this will be a good match for Tom and his poodledog Hank.
I gave the camera kit to John who was flabbergasted.  We will have to go out on a shooting trip together to get him accustomed to the Sony.
We made a cemetery pitstop and came home to a message from Aram asking for help to see an apartment for rent 4 blocks from us, so we were off again right away.  It was a nice ground floor place and probably would be good for them except there isn't much place for the big Husky dog, Cooper, unless they use one of the 3 bedrooms...  It could work...  It has a better layout than their present place.
I hope you enjoy the pictures.  That was the day’s excitement.
Al
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Big owl with broken wing

Small owl with bad right eye

Orphan oppossum

They are often mistaken for rats

But they are actually very helpful rodents

Bizcochito makes the meatiest Pastels in Tulua.  I love them.

Big owl about to be fed in the PM

Little owl was hungry too

Big owl was moving a lot.

LeeLee is still groggy after sterilization

She didn'tlike the light very much

She certainly is a cutie

Tom and Hank should be happy with her

A successful adoption makes everyone happy.