bubba is so dreadfully deeply missed. he was so much more than a cat. watching chico cry and search for him is very difficult to do without joining him in tears and we cry together quietly with him on my lap.

punkin is still grieving his human who died last year… and as chapters end and new ones begin, we will probably be doing our messaging and communicating via email and X, aka twitface. hahahahaha.

i have been advised my boat will become an air b and b… on land… i cannot think about that boat without asssociating bubba. it was his boat. name will change/

as for why no more farcebook— my kzd account was terminated involuntarily by fb on weird accusations that i donot practice. maybe the hacker is stilll there… but we cancelled and changed everything…. but hakkers is hakkers and donot follow rools. so … goodbye fb for karen zeehag duran ,. and now they are pushing bubba daboatkat duran as well. leaves me with only one profile… hahahaha and that one will also be ditched by fb as they are that way no matter what they say. and my dear dead brothers last words to me also gone. forever. gone. i am sorry donny i tried to keep them safe.

bubba helped me survive my brothers death, chico is helping with bubus death–but he cries so much…little boy knew him all his life. he has become so very mine suddenly, my little wild boy, the under car cat. willbe 9 years mine in march. punkin willbe 1 year mine march 3. reda willbe 3 this year…or is it 4???

and so we start february with 2 arboles de platano macho bearing fruit–still grass green and immature , prolly ready when i return from mommas early march. we also have 3 too early to brag chilipiquin, i hope, hahaha, and some started with 2 yellow onions, or brown , which ever ye call ’em..hard to find down here..i still want russet potatoes… the basil never grew, the catnip was omitted, but i willput some under my big mango tree. i have 2 mango trees from seed, one is in the place of my garden where nothing grows…as the tree has made a good start, nothing else will be planted there. i tossed in tomato slices and i tossed in some serrano seeds not grown… the other is in a pot on the patio, and will remain a potted mango. have camotes aka sweet potatoes. no tomatoes this year no apio, no basil, no…waaahhhh…and i am leaving for 2 weeks in middle of the most important time for watering em all. hopefully we will be able to use what grows this year. i understand chilipiquin is pricey so maybe iff it gets a good foothold we may be able to keep em.. mama silvia willbe watching my house and the brat cats aka lovebirds, reda bandida macdouche and chico da vato. punkin will travel with me–i hope he does well. yes he is a boy. hahahahaha there was confusion because paperworks didnot match the critter //vet rafael told me after giving a good exploration… punkin wont let me palpate nor skim his belleh. not trust me enough yet. only got him march 3. dont know his age… but he is accepting me as part of his family,. finally. he talks to me…cries a lot… and is beginning to kind of eat. he has not lost weight but hasnot yet gained either. so he is ok. the brats are gaining weight because …bullying for food.

so feb 19 i depart for phx. seems i will be taking my trip alone due to fb issues and it being carnaval time/ , hopefully the cartel war will be mellow for carnaval season. returning march 6 to this garden and house. we are fixing the water in walls issue with new stucco . so far so good. then affixing some indoor outdoor carpet for the cats to use as climbing and scratching material/. place shelf like supports for them to run…all around the sala…hahaha over my head.

many folks on my block are relocating away and houses are being deconstructed with the godzilla named caterpillar, a grader/loader/tool used to destroy big items scoop dogs from estuaries,. deconstruct concrete houses, and dig into the streets for the waterworks folks. one house is sold, and one is for sale and one is for rent. this used to be a neighborhood of old retired fishermen. now many of their grandkkids run the show..is becoming much more youthful. the younger folks are painting their homes bland gringo colors so itis losing much color. hopefully that returns as the bright colors were fun and happy. i am strill saving all i can to buy this house… hoping i donot croke first.

so much excitement.

cannot wait for the bananas to be ready!!!!

oh yeah in my stretch without cooking gas, i still am not hooked up. i have the gas but it has been sitting in my cochera and the hookup is in my sala, and my stove needs to be found and bought. but i donot NEED to cook. my food is delivered except breakfast which i cook in a lovely electric kettle. soft boiled eggs donot need much for cooking and bread goes into the toaster just fine. i have wood and charcoal for cooking outdoors… who needs gas,.. been without it hooked up for 2 years now ….wot me worry!