A busy sunday!

The day started with me sorting out a ton of plant cuttings that I picked up yesterday from a friend. When I mean a ton I mean a ton! You can see at the bottom of the photo the ferns that were removed and I packed in my car along with cuttings of other types of plants. So I planted some of them in individual pots to get them started again while I can plant them in my own lot. By early May I should be able to since that should be the real start of the rainy season.

Some of the cuttings went to my Panamanian neighbors as they are starting to plant their own back yard. They immediately planted them in between the huge rocks and it won't be long before they have ferns and other plants growing and decorating their yard. So when I took the cuttings to them we ended up having a late morning breakfast of eggs, bread, fried tortilla, coffee.

From there we took off to visit our artist friend here in Altos - Vera and Ricardo. I took some ferns that I knew were different and she would totally love them and Ronnie took the usual supply of salsa. We intended to drop off and come home but it was impossible. Once here you quickly learn that once you drop by you need to plan to stay and visit. We had to come in and chat but in the meantime a "Rum and Coke" appeared in front of us. As we tried to leave, Vera came running out of the kitchen with a plate of canapes, salsa and crackers. She loves the salsa! As always we end of talking of food and we agreed that we would make the typical Chilean "pastel de choclo" with tomato and onion salad and empanadas. They agreed and suggested we go over there and bring our portion, they would add some meat and sausages for a BBQ as well as make pisco sours! This will probably not happen until Ronnie gets back from his visit to the US. We spent about 2 hours there totally relaxed. Their house is a mini paradise and it is really hard to leave. We can totally understand why they love to come every weekend!

We left, came home, took the dogs out, got in the car and left to go to our other friend's house also in Altos. He is Panamanian (Rey) and his wife is Chilean (Cristina). She is an artist also and teaches art/painting at the University in the city. They had quite a few relatives visiting including a cousin that just flew in last night from Chile. We exchanged a lot of thoughts on the earthquake and the current situation. One of those there is an owner of a restaurant in Panama City - Estilo Campo - which we decided we must try. Also we met Clelio who is a well known artist and interior designer from Panama City. Rey and Cristina also had a BBQ along with a few other dishes. Always plenty to drink!

It is always fun to visit them and Rey recently decided that in order to make a drink it must be decorated with a flower or plant. So this time it was a rum and coke to be followed by many glasses of wine. There was some rain that was actually going sideways due to the winds coming from the top of the mountain, I have never seen the rain doing something like that. Although the rain was not coming down hard it was amazing to see. We stayed there till 7:30pm and saw a beautiful sunset. A lovely way to end a very busy but relaxing day!