I saw this in my backyard yesterday while I was making dinner. I tried to get a photo, but I wasn’t fast enough. I found this image in Google Images. This is exactly what it looked like. It’s called a jaguarundi. I think he is probably the guy who landed on my roof the other night. At first I thought I was seeing a house cat, but it was too big, more muscular and stealthy. Thrilling moment…
Snared another scorpion the other night. I’ve got this down. They are not fast, like cockroaches. I cannot figure out where they are coming from. The bathroom looks totally sealed, but that’s where I find them. Yahaira, the cleaning lady, said that they are brought in by the breeze. Others say they are moving indoors looking for water because this is the start of the dry season.
I had a lovely day with Sally Zigmund today. She picked me up and took me to her place for lunch. Sally, and her husband, Peter, both retired professors from (I think) Penn State, have a beautiful farm of orange trees. They have lived here for 18 years. They go back to the U.S. during the rainy season.
Susan and Dan Harvey, my neighbors, came over for dinner this evening. They leave here on Saturday for their new digs in town. I’m going to have a look at their new place as another possibility for next year. For dinner I served the black beans with papaya salsa that I made last night. I’m going to have to research the arehpa (corn cake) part. It was kind of like polenta, but got dry after it sat for a while. I’d prefer my recipe for corn cakes.