Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Cafayate weather

We're tracking daily weather -- high, low, rain -- in Cafayate.


Rain is shown as a binary condition: the forecast data either said rain or no rain, so 100 is a rain day, & 0 is a non- rain day.

Friday, May 21, 2010

animals of Argentina

Alec Earnshaw is an animal lover & photographer who has created this huge gallery of photographs of the birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, & insects of Argentina. He also is available to give guided bird walks in & around Buenos Aires.

If you are planning to be at La Estancia for the October event, there is a northwest Argentina birding tour starting on October 23rd in Buenos Aires that continues on the 24th in Tucuman. Anyone interested in signing up? Here's a Glittering-bellied Emerald hummingbird (Chlorostilbon aureoventris):


Thursday, May 20, 2010

Ginny's house

Great progress on Ginny's house. These photos from Juan Paravicino earlier this week.

exterior trim

living room ceiling

master bedroom floor

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Cafayate house, updated plans

Since late March, we have been working with Carolina Meregaglia, our liaison at Calchaqui Homes, on our house design, which is nearly done. We are very pleased with the results. 

Here are the latest plans (click on an image to see it larger):

downstairs


upstairs


front door view faces south


street view faces east

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Willow

April & Charlie's baby, Willow, born May 11, 6 AM, 6 lb 9 oz