G+G in La Ventana, Mexico; November 2022

 As requested by my sister, the neighbourhood. Sunrise on November, 12, 2022 from the back - note the rooster coop and the cameo by the local cat! And the front From here, you can see the variety of homes, businesses, water systems, vehicles, recycling, animals HOMES - casitas, campground, trailers, birdsnest! The neighbour’s mailbox (typically seen ) Another neighbour’s collection of water jugs Construction of a tall building near here - Graham’s been wondering, “What would hold it up? It appears to be just cinder bars — maybe the corner columns with rebar gives it some structural integrity,” he muses.  At the very top you can see the “crane” made of 2x4s. Two doors down - a clean and secure property.  Neighbours’ license plates indicate they are from British Columbia — a very commonly seen plate here. Contrasting materials, and a rare car garage. Detached 2-bedroom house (for sale at $249 USD).                   ...

 The WhatsApp message chimed on my phone at 7 am.  It was my new Saskatchewanian friend, Angela.        “There’s no wind today — a great day to go to La Paz for my errands!  Would you still like to come along?”        “I’m in, but you know I’m a little anxious.”  Please send me the make, model, and license plate of your car.”     “In case we disappear?” she asked? I had heard true stories of people getting pulled over by police on the long mountainous road to La Paz on excursions from La Ventana.       “I won’t go toward dusk,” Angela told me the day before.  And went on to explain the time she turned right on a red light, the police stopped her, took her driver’s license, and demanded she pay an $80 fine.  She got off lucky. My Uncle Nick’s first wife, Anne, also warned me about driving to La Paz in Messenger:     “ Please, please be careful if you are near La Paz. We took a si...