Local products: Picture frame

From ORCHIDS 3 20 07

made of capiz shells.

Jolibee and Rubi

 

an old photo...
Jolibee is a local fast food franchise...one is down the street from us.

it's mango season!

 

capiz flowers

From 6-11-2008 part one

Puffy is back

From 6-11-2008 part one

the small pet dog Puffy wandered away, and some kind folks took him in and returned him when they saw the ad on the local TV cable station with his photo...

He lives upstairs with Ruby and hr small white female dog, Angel...

Traditional house

this is the house of one of our relatives.

Traditional houses usually were hardwood.The windows open with sliding windows or shutters with capiz shells to let in the light, but can be locked at night.


This one is a bit newer, with concrete at the bottom and wood up higher, and glass windows. Note the bars on the windows to keep out thieves.

And check the neat fan palm in the garden.

Getting ready for the parade

This is the bands and drill teams lining up for the Three Kings Fiesta parade.

Usually they line up behnd our house and march down the next street, but since the Palenke burnt down (and the new one is not yet open) the streets near us are blocked with shops and stalls.
So they lined up next to the old Municipal Building (which is due to reopen as a hospital in the near future) and started from there.

Bougainvillea

bougainvillea grows almost like a vine, on long canes.. it usually has a few "flowers" on it, ....the colours are beautiful,and there are yellow and red types, but the most common one is this orchid or mauve color....it is not winter hardy, but in Oklahoma it grew and bloomed in spring, then stopped when the hot season came, then bloomed again in October...
LINK has more information.