Baile Flor de Piña (Pineapple Dance)

Yesterday, we bought a painting at Diane Pearl Colecciones. It’s a young girl dressed as a dancer in the “Baile Flor de Piña” aka Pineapple Dance. The dance originated in Oaxaca and it’s really worth your time to learn more about it.. http://tiastephanietours.com/baile-flor-de-pina-guelaguetza-cultural-preservation/

This painting is special to Sheri and I. Years ago when we first retired to Latin America, Sheri started bringing pineapples to friends as gifts in place of the more traditional wine/flowers/chocolate items. I thought it was really neat and endearing (and of course it is). But to be honest, we never knew there was a Pineapple dance until yesterday. There is so much Mexican culture to learn about and appreciate

. ❤️🇲🇽😎

From The Jardine

I often tell people I grew up on a farm. This is a bit inaccurate since, though my mother had a huge garden and we grew alfalfa etc for hay, it was actually a cattle ranch and dairy.

Here at Casa Thompsons, Sheri grows sweet potatoes. Mostly for the flowers, which are quite beautiful, but also for the roots for comida. 

So this morning she incidentally harvested a small volunteer vegetable that was growing along with the sweet potatoes. Wow I thought, "What a cute little beet!" And as you can see it is pretty darn cute.

I spent a good portion of the day today with the Go-Gos song "We got the Beat!" going through my head. But after about 6 hours of this, I was informed that the identification of the veggie was a bit off.

Still cute though - Hey?