David’s Ramblings

All I can say is wow… Sophie Madeleine from Rocky & Balls

Just got back from Ajijic, Chapala, Guadalajara and Tequila! Viva Mexico!
La villita…

A street in Ajijic…

Casas and flores along the malecon…

Inside a restaurant in Guadalajara…

Breakfast at my place…

You must be this tall to drink tequila…

Yesterday we were in Santiago de Tequila for a look around the town and a little shopping. We went to the the Museo Los Abuelos (the Sauza Family Museum). What a wonderful experience and tour! One interesting stop on the tour was a room full of Sauza family memorabilia… photos of many celebrities including my […]

Since I won’t be able to do much work over the holidays here is a short set of shots of the current state of the work…

I’ve been working on the fountain pool lately…
it’s coming along nicely…

I took my Peace Officer certification exam yesterday and passed. I am now licensed in the State of Texas!

For you out of state officers that wish to make the transition (like me) here’s the agency;
Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education

I started stacking the sections of the fountain now that I’ve made the centre pad to set the base of the fountain on. The base sits perfectly level. I cannot lift the bottom basin by myself since it’s over three feet across and solid concrete. So I temporarily set the top basin in it’s place […]

and I’ve started to build the lower wall of the bottom of the fountain using native rock from the property…
Shows the bottom piece of the fountain on the centre pad and a bit of the start of the rock wall…

Valentina supervising…

The fuente itself was delivered last night.
Now I gotta finish the base and lift it into place…

Father Charles Coughlin denounces FRD’s New Deal… sounds just like the Repugnicans on FOX spewing disinformation and invoking the specter of Socialism, Communism and outrageous taxation…
Give it a listen, the big money business folks were wrong then and again now…
Father Charles Coughlin denounces FRD’s New Deal

One tired albañilo… We finished digging the hole for the fuente and I filled the bed with gravel and leveled it.
Smoothing the gravel…

Next step rebar…

Mixing and pouring concrete…