This week in La Bocana dog story added 5/28

Here are some photos that summarize the week here in southern Baja!



Danna and her student last week







Here is Bertha with her June and July funds towards the animal rescue foundation she wants to start.








This is Alberto and sister Elizabeth with their tutoring payment for the past week. Can you say HAPPY ?







Here are Sannia and the kids she was tutoring today! Her parents were gone so she used the kitchen table, usually they use the table behind the palapa!




















[Edited on 5-28-2021 by BajaBlanca]

We are leaving for Europe for 3 1/2 months and in preparation, I gave each of Tidiana's kids a notebook and a pencil, since Tidiana is also learning how to read, I gave her a notebook and pencil too!

It isn't all roses around here! A couple weeks ago, my Mom and I took a walk and heard some whimping under a tree.

When I took a closer look, I saw a puppy stuck inside a fishing net. Bending over it, there was no way to get it out. I knocked on a door but no one was home. I knocked on the neighbor's door and 2 kids showed up saying the mom was still sleeping. I asked for scissors but they could not find any, so I saw a knife and set to cutting the net.

Finally got the dog loose, it was so quiet the whole time. I had no way of knowing if it had been stuck 5 min, 5 hours or ??? I confess to not even thinking twice. I cut cut cut.







Here is a close up.








After cutting doggie free, he scampered away! One of the kids said it was his dog and he lived across the street.


One happy dog!










Of course, I create a facebook post alerting families to be extra careful with their nets and lo and behold, a neighbor answers that i was wrong to enter onto someone's property and that I ruined the guy's net.

I write that I am happy to either fix the net or replace it. She says the owner, Pepe, is on his way over.

I enter the house and tell Les that we might get kicked out of La Bocana hahahaha I ready the garden table in the front. And sit. And wait. 15 min go by. 30 min go by. no one shows.

So, I call the delegado and explain what happened, including the photos above. I got your back he says.

A couple days later, after asking around for the cost of fixing or getting a new net (fix is $500 pesos and new one $1000 pesos), and not finding the owner at home ever (I heard his wife is about to be operated on in La Paz), I called a rep for the cooperative, explain what happened and ask him to contact Pepe to find out what he wants me to do.

Well, I am happy to inform that he wanted $500 to fix the net and that is the happy ending!

I dropped off $500 pesos this morning to the representative and whew!!

Good ending but I sure could have done without the STRESS!!!

And ... another good moment to offset the previous stress: we went to san ignacio to get my insulin and ran into the Marnells!! Here is a photo of when they were in La Bocana, not too long ago.

To be honest, I cannot imagine the ramifications this pandemic will have for years to come on all our kids. Parents really had it hard too.

More Bertha info: Her birthday is coming up on the 27th of next month. I left some gifts for her with the neighbor - Three really beautiful fish napkin holders that can one day go in her restaurant and there is an envelope with cash for her to use either for the oven or for pet products or for pots pans etc. for the kitchen. She is going to be over the Moon with happiness.

We did good folks! My goal was just to give her the impetus to start her dream and she is ON it. If anyone is coming south and wants to bring flea medication, doggie beds, deworming meds - great!! But no more cash for now, gracias muchas gracias.