By yesterday Bill
was feeling human again. So we decided to go to the Panama Restaurant for breakfast.
Could not get a parking place by the one in the Golden Zone so headed to Centro
Historico to the one there. The sun was in a better position so took some more
pictures of the Carnaval statues. This one is really weird. More like a
nightmare than a dream.
He is really neat
– colorful and active.
And one I
completely missed the other day.
But before
parking and eating we had to go check on Ron and Janet's car at the artist’s. It
wasn't done yet but a lot more detail had been added. Probably be ready the next day [today.] Okay.
Then to Panama
to eat. I like the way they display with real food their specials for the day.
While we were
eating Willie was getting washed at the parking lot. After we all piled back in
the car Bill took us to see an area that was on my To Do list. The flower
market. Oh WOW! Janet and AI were out of the car before the wheels stopped rolling. (Thank you Contessa for letting me know exactly where it was.) Beautiful bouquet of red roses.
I thought this
was interesting the vase and stand are made out of big leaves.
Getting ready for
Valentines Day – more use of the big leaves for the shape of the display.
And how about
this one.
Now this is cute.
Florist explained to us how to tell if the arrangement would last a long time.
The mums have to be yellow in the center. If not they will not last long. About
200 pesos for this – less than 14 dollars.
Another doggy
display.
These
arrangements were also 200 pesos.
This was a huge
arrangement – it was curved and was made for the church to use today to display
a statue of the Virgin Mary.
I took zillions
more pictures but will spare you. This was outside the building – a neat mural.
Close up of a
part of it. Too bad it is not being taken care of.
The Banda Ancha - Internet stick is sooooo slow today, I could paint these pictures in the time it's taking to upload them!
So home we went
for a while. Later Janet came to get us – the painter/artist said their car was
ready to be picked up. So off we went back across town - the setting sun along the Malecon.
Coming home with
the palm trees lit and the lights on .
And this is how
their car looks. I need to explain the whole hood is dark green – the gray
parts at the sides is just a trick of sun and shadow. Look at the detail on the
frog and lily pad. Even drops of water.
A close up of the
fly.
The artist’s
facebook page is www.facebook.com/gilberto.a.manjarrez
- if you look at it – and it is worth it – you have to scroll down a lot to see
some of his bodypainting and other work.
I never saw any dog floral displays. Thanks for the photos. Interesting toad on the towed :)
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