December 29, 2010

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Goodbye, Lucy.

  • December 29, 2010
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It’s been coming for a while now, but today we knew it was time to put Lucy to sleep.  She has been on a fast slide over the last few months, and a neurological disorder that kept her legs from getting instructions made it nearly impossible for her to walk and made her incontinent.  The last few days have been very hard for all of us. Dr. Cesar came to our house to see her several times, and he took...

Poor lonely blog…

It has been another week between posts!  What is wrong with me?  Can’t I think of interesting things to say about Mazatlán? Well, yes… and no. After living here more than three years I have to admit every impromptu parade or quirky item being carried on a bicycle doesn’t cause me to run for the camera anymore, it is just life as usual.  Wonderful life as usual, but still. I have to admit, too, that I am probably more involved...

Mazatlán contrasts

I know a lot of my readers like to know what’s going on about town.  I have written about the updating going on at the Plazuela Hidalgo (also known as Lion Park or Plaza de Los Leones) on Angel Flores in Centro.  Here is a picture of the Plazuela when they had removed the walkway surface but before much had been done.  The picture at the top of the post is a side view of the front of the library...

Fun times with family…

Our son and his family were able to get away from the stormy Pacific Northwest to spend Thanksgiving with us this year. What a treat! They left Bellingham in the middle of a cold snap with snowy conditions and a temperature of 7 degrees…. and arrived in sunny Mazatlán the day before Thanksgiving – and the temperature here was in the low 80’s!  They liked that! We had such a great time!  We spent the day cooking on Thursday and...