I always see interesting things going on around the Dominican Republic. Some things I do not understand at all, even when people try to explain it to me. Other things are just mysterious and what I call wowwee’s. Watching this Parrot Whisperer asking for Jina Fruit was for sure another wowee moment to add to […]
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Kids & Rain
I was out in the park at La Francia, Villa Duarte in Santo Domingo Este with Buenagente and Inteliperra yesterday afternoon and it started to rain. It was a heavy downpour. The heavens opened up and we were soaked as we ran for cover under someone’s stairs across the street from the park. We ran […]
Morning Walk With My Kids
Todays Morning Walk-About – Villa Duarte, Santo Domingo Este. Faro a Colón, Simonico, La Francia and back to Los Molinos. I know, my kids and I walk every morning. We try to walk different routes each day to keep it new and interesting. But there are just so many roads to take. The dogs seem […]
Neighborhood Dogs Love Treaties
The Neighborhood Dogs Love Treaties When I take Buenagente and Inteliperra out for their morning and evening walks around Villa Duarte and Mameyes I always take some treaties with me. The treaties distract my dogs if they feel like barking at another dog or a passing cat. But now, the neighborhood dogs know I have […]
How To Trim A Tree Dominican Style
I am always amazed at some of the things Dominicans do and how they accomplish the end results. I have lived here since 2001 and still am amazed. So here is The View From My Balcony – Tree trimming – Tree wacking 101. On rare occasions, I have seen people cutting trees with a chainsaw […]
Sunday Morning Walk-About
Twas the day before the last day of the year and the streets were quiet except for the patter of the dogs’ feet on the streets and me talking to them like they were my human children. The dogs and I do walk-abouts every morning. I try to take them to places on a rotation […]
