DE VUELTA EN MEXICO

Los Jubilados have returned to Mexico after a two-week visit with family in Chicago, Detroit, Pittsburgh and Harrisburg.  We arrived a day before our two checked bags.  My bag had a document which said that my little envelope of seeds from Pine Tree Garden Nursery had been seized and destroyed.

The seizure got me thinking about what the world would look like if no one had been allowed to carry seeds from country to country, continent to continent.  Yes, I know that kudzu was bad for the South and ice plants are a pest in CA, but didn't governments, rather than individual gardeners, bring those plants in?  I can't imagine Opalka and Black Krim tomatoes spreading across Mexico.  I can barely get them to produce in my gardens.  How about hollyhocks?  Do you think they could jump my wall and pop up all over the place?  Wouldn't that be a pretty sight.  And, by the way, didn't Mexico allow genetically engineered corn inside its borders?

This invitation to the official opening of the renovated Plazuela de los Platitos on the corner was in the mailbox when we got home:

We made plans to go at the scheduled time of 7:00 p.m.  The refurbishing is lovely:

Unfortunately the weather was uncooperative, although the participants, including this woman proudly showing the historical figures on her dress, were prepared:

Marring the view, perhaps, according to one's taste, is the sign for the beauty shop where I had my hair done for my grandson's wedding by Antonio/a.  I hope to have a photo of him/her in the future when I have the nerve to ask him/her:

Some brave audience members:

We left before the event began. At 7:45.