Birds aplenty

Darn real life interfering with my utopia this morning.  I was having too much fun birdwatching this early morning with my new camera when reality set in that we had been summoned via email to the bank this morning.

The tone of the email was of urgency..something about having to present ourselves to authenticate our source of income.  Apparently, the banks have been tasked with being the money laundering police so every foreigner must comply.  We expected to sit and wait at the bank for an hour or so to take care of business since the banks are extremely busy this time of year.  However, to our surprise, we were out of there in less than 30 minutes.  Good for another year!

One thing I like about driving into town is always seeing some new plant or tree.  Today I saw a starfruit tree loaded with fruit.  I also noticed numerous Angels Trumpet bushes just loaded with blooms.  I tried so hard in vain to grow those suckers in the South Texas heat...no success for me, but I gave our neighbor a cutting from our pitiful plant and hers just grew like a weed.  

We met the cleaning lady for the rent home we are inhabiting right now.  A very friendly and hard working individual...puts my housekeeping skills to shame.  I was especially happy to be able to practice my Spanish with her and learn a couple of new words.  I have decided to keep a notebook with new words to pratice and have on hand...such as "perciana" or window blinds.  I will need that word in a couple of months when we order "percianas" for our own home.