Flowers and more........

This week we and most Cuencanos are back to work after almost a week of vacation and festivities. We knew that Cuenca is a world center for art and culture but we never imagined the depth and diversity of the art being produced here. All of this was on display last week in many venues all over the city and most of what we saw was for sale. What a feast for the practice of aimless wandering. One of our favorite events was the orchid show.......just a fantastic taste of the thousands of orchid manifestations to be found in Ecuador--truly a land of the equatorial sun and the flowers responding to it. So here are a few that we saw.

The rain has begun so all looks verdant and and new growth in sprouting in our yard (including the gigante rosa in our flower garden) here in the Rio Amarillo neighborhood. We are starting to build a raised bed for our garden. The soil is poor, hence the truck load of topsoil.

Hope you enjoy the orchids.