¡Hay tres de Salto! ¡Dos delanteros y la hinchada (realmente) charrúa!
¡Vamos, Uruguay! 💙⚽
24 June 2019
19 June 2019
(Almost) Winter!
Glimpses of the “extratropical cyclone” that swept through our region – with lots of wind and rain! – over the last three days...
Thankful I took pictures of the poinsettia trees when I did. They’re practically bare now... But still standing, thankfully!
Thankful I took pictures of the poinsettia trees when I did. They’re practically bare now... But still standing, thankfully!
June
17: “ciclón extratropical”
June
18: wind gusts up to 90km/h
June
19: satellite view of the “extratropical cyclone”
A great time to
enjoy a colorful late-autumn vegetable stew!
14 June 2019
“Crazy Cake!”
Both E and DJ enjoy helping to make the weekly “coffee cake” for students in JM’s evening class. E took a turn this week and made “Crazy Cake” – a favorite extended family recipe!
It was declared a success!
And we all agreed that she needs to practice more – on us!
08 June 2019
Late Autumn Foliage!
It’s late autumn – almost winter now – in the southern hemisphere, and the fall foliage everywhere we turn is beautiful! I’ve tried to capture some glimpses while running errands...
JM and I agree that this autumn season has probably been the most beautiful we’ve experienced since we arrived in 2013. One key may be that leaves have stayed on trees longer this year; we haven’t had multiple wind storms like we’ve had in past years – not yet anyway! And the weather hasn’t turned too cold, too suddenly, this year. So we’ve been enjoying an abundance of color – and cool weather!
That said, the weather guy I follow (via fb) said that last night the city of Mercedes (in Soriano on the western side of the country) got temps down to freezing (-0.4°C) for the first time this season. And cold(er), stormy weather is supposed to be arriving soon...
The sweet gums continue to be favorites for our family. This year we’ve been enjoying the multiple shades of red on the one we pass on the way to the school gym where E has class.
JM and I agree that this autumn season has probably been the most beautiful we’ve experienced since we arrived in 2013. One key may be that leaves have stayed on trees longer this year; we haven’t had multiple wind storms like we’ve had in past years – not yet anyway! And the weather hasn’t turned too cold, too suddenly, this year. So we’ve been enjoying an abundance of color – and cool weather!
That said, the weather guy I follow (via fb) said that last night the city of Mercedes (in Soriano on the western side of the country) got temps down to freezing (-0.4°C) for the first time this season. And cold(er), stormy weather is supposed to be arriving soon...
The sweet gums continue to be favorites for our family. This year we’ve been enjoying the multiple shades of red on the one we pass on the way to the school gym where E has class.
And our poinsettias are in full bloom now.
It’s practically impossible to capture the amazing curtain of color lining the back wall of the yard! Thankfully, the three main poinsettia trees seem to be recovering nicely from the storm damage suffered three years ago.
The ones in front are (only!) cuttings I pushed into the ground when I trimmed the original center tree late last year.
But yellows (and browns) are more typical autumn colors for us here in Montevideo.
These are branches of two of many sycamores lining our avenue.
07 June 2019
¡Vamos, URUGUAY! 💙
Ganamos 3 a 0 en el partido de despedida para la Copa América con goles de Maximiliano Gómez, Luis Suárez y Federico Valverde.
#CopaAmerica2019 #VamosQueVamos #SomosCelestes
¡Vamos, URUGUAY! 💙