Hairless Dogs

Guess which hairless dog is made of bronze.

Valle de Bravo

Valle de Bravo, a few hours drive west of Mexico City, is where Monarch butterflies congregate in the winter before migrating back to Canada. They settle on the same set of trees year after year, so the local Christmas tree farmers have made a nice tourism business out of it. We rode horses for a couple of hours to the top of the mountain ridge until...

Home Tree. It was an interesting mixture of flapping sounds and silence.

New Style!

This clump just fell out of the tree -they were surprisingly clumsy.

Kenny had a special connection with these mariposas.

Down the mountain and into the sunset.

We couldn't walk straight for a few days after, but it was worth the pain.

The New Girl

Mexico won't soon forget the presence of Hillary "Hilaria" Becton. She arrived at the beginning of February and canon-balled into my Level 2 Spanish class. On weekends or when we decided to skip school, Hilaria, Kenny, and I went on various excursions in the region. We'll share some highlights from our month together in the following posts. Hilaria, who is also my mother, flies back to her island in Maine tomorrow. Safe travels and come back soon!

As a side note, Kenny and I are now highly qualified to host anyone who wants to visit. Just keep that in mind...

-PJ

Treez

snapper again

beginnings of the sauce

I've been trying to acheive a crispy skin on the snapper. This last attempt was better but not great. Flavors in the sauce included citrus, coriander, anise. The kale was lightly sauteed with anise and the carrots were roasted in butter and honey. Dessert was mamay with peppermint and orange supremes and recalled the taste of mint chocolate chip ice cream.
-Kenny

Mercado Merced Bounty

11 bucks.

"Scratching Post"

Teva has been scratching the corner of the blue couch in our livingroom. Our roomate said we had to do something about it, so I made a cardboard guard to cover it. Thank GOD I had a background in art and design. She is such a handfull!


-Kenny