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I CAN'T believe it's been almost a year since we got back!

Mauricio has a new best friend:

Her name's Abby. I haven't told my sister yet, who has two cats that she is trying (?) to find homes for. Cringe! Oh well, we wanted our own cat if that makes sense. Or is that just really consumerist? Mauricio bought a globe the other day (?!?) and I saw it in the spare room today. I told him, you're really becoming North American now; you buy things to store them! Ha ha.

Abby's cute. She has a penchant for biting when you pet her. My friend Pattie calls these love bites. Savage love in Abby's case. She's really friendly though, if that sounds possible. She likes to be around us and has already made a habit of sleeping at the foot of the bed, which is the clincher for me... too cute.

Here's a picture from a recent day trip to Edmonton to visit Treena, my kind of cousin, on the occasion of her mother's visit to the west! 

Edith and I are on the back of the mower come theme-park-tractor-train! Treea's Mike is giving us a tour of what Mauricio calls their Hacienda in Spanish :o) There were some HUGE mosquitos loitering in the shade, but Mauricio and I seemed to be the only ones that were bothered by them, being the city-folk that we are.