Yesterday, I updated the blog and just seconds after I posted it, the power went out again in the whole area.  Guillermo was talking with Rebeca over gmail at that time also, and lost contact with her.  The power stayed off for at least 2 minutes - just long enough for us to get some candles lit - and then it was back on again.  That doesn't happen all that often, but we have experienced the lights blink off momentarily almost everyday.  It is for that reason that I always light a candle when I take a shower.  You never know!!!

We haven't had rain here in about a week now, and everyday dawns with a clear blue sky.  The clouds come later in the day, but they are few and far between so the dry season has begun - what they call "summer" here.   We walked into town in the morning and caught a taxi to a place called "Mi Jardin es su Jardin".  That means my garden is your garden.  Some landowner has his beautiful gardens open for the public to view for free.  Here are some pictures of those gardens:

The entrance into the gardens.

There's a little tower on the grounds to kind of get a view of the gardens from above.  The next two pictures are taken from that tower.

They had cute little items of whimsy all over the place

And lots of water ponds and streams

When we left the gardens we walked back into town.  It wasn't too far, and it was all downhill, so no problem.  We stopped along the way at several places that we had seen when we had a car - it's easier to stop in when we're walking and not out on the street with some other car careening up behind wondering WHY is this person going so slow?!?!?  When we got back into town, we had lunch at one of our favorite restaurants, then picked up a few groceries and started the now hot journey back to the house.  This picture shows the road that we walk on almost everyday, but today we had some guests along the road.  Just HAD to get a picture.  When you click on the picture, it's easier to tell that is Guillermo standing there in the background.

The air always feels a little cooler when we pass over this stream.

Took a picture of a sign along the road, which we thought was funny!

Guillermo is in heaven right now, glued to the couch watching a Spurs game.  He's in heaven because this is the 2nd Spurs game to be televised THIS WEEK!!!  That's rare for over here.  Most games he has to stare at his laptop and watch the numbers flip over on a chart as scores are made.  Well, it's better than nothing.  But it's even better today than usual because ESPN is broadcasting the game, instead of some Panama station.  Which means that he gets to see most EVERYTHING.  The Panama station, when the teams aren't actually playing, cuts right away to a statistics screen with absolutely horrid music.  At least now, during time-outs, there is either commentary/analysis of the game or commercials to watch, which is way better than that music.