Muchacho Polaco

Yesterday Yun and I had the opportunity to visit a number of farms an hour or so south of the city. Martha and her brothers accompanied us as well.

The primary crop that we saw was garbanzo beans. There were also fields of wheat, other types of beans,  cucumbers, and squash. I’m not a big fan of the garbanzo bean, mostly because I have no idea what you would use it for.

It was fun to see the country and to enjoy the fresh air.

Yun and I had opportunity to visit the Richards in Albuquerque yesterday via Google video chat. It’s a fun way to spend time with each other in light of the physical distance that separates us from spending time together in person.

Yun and I headed up to Tucson on Sunday evening to spend a couple days with Matt and Dana and to pick up some treasure. We have a most excellent tradition which we have consistently maintained the last three visits. A tradition of spectacular steak coupled with my legendary fried potatoes. Cigars immediately follow the meal to assist with digestion. I love this tradition!

And once dinner was over, we moved on to our other tradition of Spades. This is a game we’ve been playing for many years and one in which I generally dominate.

And the dogs love the trips north as much as we do. They are able to revisit some favorite places, including the wash behind M&D’s house. He doesn’t seem to get enough.

Our friend has two Belgian Shepherds. They’re not pure bred, but they’re very nice looking dogs. The female gave birth to a litter of puppies a few weeks ago. It is very tempting to add one more to our pack. But I’m pretty sure Scout would probably not tolerate any new additions.