Nice day in the Valley

73 degrees here in La Feria, TX at 7:25 pm on Tuesday.  I actually started this on Sunday evening and picked it up again several times.  Delivered Michelle to the airport this morning after showing her around the Valley every day for the last 7 days and playing Pegs & Jokers every evening I wasn't able to finish--with any luck I will do so tonight.

Spent some 5 hours walking the really big Mexican Flea Market in San Juan Sunday.  Huge place and covered most all of the aisles -- at least Michelle did.  Picked up an extra battery for my Ryobi tools and got a couple Bougainvillea plants to start filling in a screen behind our place to buffer the noise and activity of the apartment buildings now about 20 feet from our fence.  They are not finished yet, guess waiting on some items. 

Trimmed off the freeze-damaged cactus leaves.  Bought some new Bougainvillea plants and dug them in more than 4 feet from the fence, on either side of the cactus.  Am considering removing the cactus completely and getting at least three more Bougainvillea to plant in line with these two and within a few years it would give a bit of a screen from the neighbors.  

Here are the two planted with stakes around them to protect from the grass mowing crew.

Hauled the cut cactus leaves to the dump area yesterday.

Helped Maxine Koch put up her window awnings yesterday.  She and Judy arrived this last week.  Also, yesterday Ardel Finken arrived and I put his window awnings up for him.

Hey, Harold, got the weather station installed and is up and running.  Thanks so much.  

Stopped to look at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe over in San Jan on the way home from the Flea Market Sunday.  Oliver & Mary Jo Herzberg showed us this place some 10 years ago.  

Photo at right was taken in Port Isabella at the Pelican Station -- extra fine sea food.

Will sign off for now.  Have to go to Mexico Thursday to finish the major tooth work started last December.

Later, Lynn