Many scorpions here. Found one (big and half dead) in our bedroom the very first night we arrived at the ranch. Manon and Richard found two in their bedroom on the morning they left, and Tim found one on the wall beside our bed yesterday morning. Makes it extra exciting to go pee in the middle of the night! Apparently they come in from the shower drain, which is why we should always leave the tap on. Hey, I can do that! Nevertheless, I am not looking forward to emptying all our bags and shaking everything off… Although they are not the dangerous ones (which are yellowish and apparently live ‘way over there’ according to Daniela… who also told me that they do not climb on walls…) I would rather deal with giant cookarachas… trade in one scorpion for two of those no problem!
To add to the excitement, we do lose power from time to time. It happened two nights in a row, the power goes at about 2am and it cant take a few hours to come back. The scorpions do come out in the dark you know… no wonder everyone sleeps in hammock here in Yucatan, smarty pants!
One unexpected arrival in our ranch life – two abandoned puppies! They were following one of the ranch dogs around early this morning ,and as soon as they saw me they came right over and now, it’s me they follow everywhere… bow wow wow! Apparently someone left them by the road and they have been hanging around for a couple of days. I woke the kids, they were delighted! The puppies are pretty young so I gave them cereal softened in warm milk, they devoured it. Some fresh water to top it off, and they were very happy. They had a long nap all cuttled up together, so cute! Leo decided to name them Zosso and Hungry. Then he changed Humgry’s name to Ambre, the Spanish version… a better name anyway. I wonder if dogs keep the scorpions away…
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