Holidays

It's almost over -- the celebration of the Virgin Mary's birth, though here in Mexico it's the Virgin of Guadalupe, Mexico's patron saint.

Unfortunately, the folks in Mexico love to celebrate with aerial bombs.  Any excuse for some bangs and they're on it!  And since this is such a big holiday, they've been going off since last night - through the night - and all day. 

We don't even have a church in our neighborhood.  Most holidays w/aerial bombs are church-related and with no local church, the explosions are rather distant.  But these have been as close as a few doors away on our street!  I did go out on the front terrace and glare at the folks setting them off.  Not sure it did much good, but they stopped temporarily.

Fiyero doesn't like them, but Miyake barks back at them.  Last night she finally fell asleep about 2 am - barking at each explosion up until them.  But when the sun came up she resumed her responses.  And it's not just a bark in return, but she responds with peals of barking...

Of course, holidays like these generate a lot of postings on the Civil List - and then people respond with 'Why don't you go back to where you came from if you don't like it' - and then we have to get involved with the 'Don't be rude' notes.  There have not been a lot of comments for this holiday; maybe people are wising up to this is what happens in Mexico?  Or their internet connection  is down....

We are off to dinner with friends who live in the new Vista Magna development not far from our little part of town, but with a spectacular view, especially at night when all the churches are lit up.  Not too many people are living in the development yet, so it should be quiet. 

One can always hope....