Log #50, SBPA Book Sale, and Etc. in San Carlos
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Updated January 25th, 2007
Hauling tons of books, and a few other sights around town.
Great fund-raiser, no overhead; all volunteer workforce to haul a ba-zillion boxes of books; all books freely donated to the cause, which is the San Carlos humane society, SBPA.
Stan sorting books.
Stan and I joined a bunch of other volunteers, all owners of worthy trash haulers like our SolVan, loaded our vehicles to the gunwales, caravanned through town and then unloaded under the tree on the terrace of one of the local galleries, Sagitario. We spent the balance of the day sorting thousands of books into alphabetical order and yakking with book browsers.
Volunteers at the book sale.
This being Mexico, the way to be legal is not to sell the books, but to collect donations only. The donation can was strategically placed so that nobody could see what was dropping in. People were very generous, we amassed more than $300 US in five hours, plus scored four more boxes of books. It helped to have the Spay/Neuter Clinic director (Sandy, in maroon) working the crowd, answering questions, recruiting, and selling the program.
And in other neighborhood news: Our local virgin received a new coat of paint.....
Virgin of Guadelupe, one of many in the 'hood.
....Lola and crew joined us for yet another SolCasa happy hour.
BuckyKat making nice with Lola, Elba and Susan's (S/V Infinity) Havanese.
.....and here's a picture of a SolBaño visitor, posted especially for Linda....
How much more vulnerable can one be than hopping out of the shower, no glasses, no clothes? I grabbed
my towel, and there, underneath........big scream!
Wolf Spider.
This is not my critter's picture. This pic is courtesy of What's that Bug, because Stan came running and stomped mine into a not-so-photogenic mass. It was a purely reflex reaction - a woman's scream mobilizes man like a baby's cry mobilizes moms. No thought involved: stomp, smush.
