Red Bird is Back Again

(although, I still haven't figured out what type of bird he is). While perusing the puppet books up in one of the other apartments, Mads found a bird identification book (from 1966), and brought it back for me to use. (Betsey- the landlady- has her book collection spread through-out the various apartments in the garden.)
the garden. The sand-colored domes cover the outdoor sala. The pink building towards the back is the land-lady's.

So... every morning at around this time (8:30 ish) someone nearby honks their horn for a couple minutes. If their honking overlaps (is drowned out by) the 8:30 church bells, then they repeat the honks. The horn sounds like it is on its last legs- nasal and whimpering. I'm hoping, anyway, that it is on its last legs.

We have two more weeks of class this month, before Billy (and Anna) take their Christmas Break. Being the understanding silver-guru that Billy is, we (the students) may come in for those two weeks and work in the studio, I'm telling myself that I will get a lot done-- maybe some Mokume-gane with shaku-do (4% AU 96% CU) and shibu-ichi (30% AG 70% CU), these in addition to sterling silver and copper....

Somewhere, further up the hill, someone is setting off fireworks.

sunset the other day...

this is that house I posted a photo of before, the one with the abundance of cats and pigeons... well, a large dog also likes to sleep up on the roof, with the kitties.