already better, darlin' Finny !!

my day started at 5 am, with a run to market, and to the bank.

it's so exciting, we now have a 24 hour ATM machine in the jungle town of San Ignacio, so I could get cash to pay the crew today...

because.... today's the BIG DAY here, there's a seven-man team in my yard, doing the concrete slab pour for my animal hurricane shelter !!

they're mixing sand, rocks, and concrete in a little mixer, shoveling it into buckets, and hauling them up a ladder, one bucket at a time, and making the roof...

it's cool to watch, as they work quickly, trying to finish before the day heats up, and the concrete hardens... it must be done all at once to get the concrete to cure properly, so it's a continuous pour... amazing, really.

oh, and I scored four 50-lb bags of cabbage outer leaves (repollo basura, por favor?) at the market, so my bunnies and guineas are pleased.

and a whole LOAD of banged-up papayas, which are making my chickens very happy right now.

then, we got the other half of the nursery done, with a nice layer of clean sand for the duckie-baybies...

with patience, I'm teaching them to come when I call... each time I bring food, I make a kiss-kiss noise, and after a week, wowzers, all the ducklings RUN right to me when I go into the nursery...

it makes my heart sing, because they're all so darn cute...

so, I'm headed off to bed, and will probably sleep all day, lol.

have I told you guys lately how much I love you all ??