Easter Morning- 2014

What a surprise the flowers and the trees are blooming for the second time in the fall.

These yellow flowers below were so unusual.  The have yellow heart shape pedals pointing upward with white deep throated flower on the top.  sorry the picture just doesn't show how amazing they were.

More of the inside at the Hostal

 Mighty rains this week and these were the two places that we saw the damage.The water leaked in and bulged the ceiling in the stair way on our floor.

 Below is the basement box that the elevator goes down in it is still has lots of water in it and look and see the line on the wall that was were the water was.

 Here is the pumping out hose fro the water... not very big and has two small leaks so the floor has two wet places.  The hose is down in the drain which is about in the middle of the hall.

 Now these next pictures are some more of the tour of the hostal.  The second floor is where the visitors stay.  There are 12 rooms for families like this, one lower bed and 4 bunks.

 The bathroom has separate rooms for shower and toilet.  With a sink and mirror here and also one

in the entry way  below.  That one has three nice closet/ cupboards on each side.

This is what it looks like from the door way.  Some groups even use floor mats for more to kids to sleep on the floor.

 Then there are two rooms like the one below with a nice queen bed and small kitchenette.  These are mostly for the newlyweds.

Here is the kitchen which is as you walk in... straight across is the bathroom. It is really nice and such a special treat for the couple.
They also have a laundry room, bathroom and open room with tables and chairs and a couple of couches.  Plus they have use of the kitchens down stairs and the dinning room.

Here are some views of the Main floor of the Hostal

 This is the reception room as you enter from the back door.  The picture below is looking to the left.

If you walk straight through that nice gathering room  straight across the hall are two large very nice Bathrooms. They are for the temple patrons. They also have showers and lockers so the people who travel far can clean up and dress for the temple.

Right in the center of the building and straight in from  the front door is the dinning room.

There are two beautiful kitchens at the right side of the dinning room. Below is a closer view of one.

The last area just past the kitchen is a nice children's room with doors out to the patio.  The first door to left is a nursery and the second door is a bathroom.

This is the darling nursery with two cribs -

The end of the hall has the elevator  and door to the stairs. 

Try this Search Activity

OOPs!  I somehow goofed sending my last blog.  Just the pictures were sent without the writing.  I spent so long and even used the spell check. Hummmm.  Then I send it off and that last blog is what I got.   I am NOT doing it again. 

Read the questions and go back to the last blog to find them.

Here is your search game!    (Let the Kids try this too)

See if you can find…

1. A tree that has spikes like a dragon.

2. Yellow cabs that park between us and the temple.

3. A lovely home attached to the neighbors orange brick home.

4.A purse made  out of armadillo’s skin… (they are very heavy to carry – even without the stuff girls put in.)

5. A purple house with a balcony.

6. Trees are the boss here.  This one goes clear across the road. ( I guess they never trim off any shade)

7. The cars in the road look like the traffic.  Put they really are parked in the center of the street. 

8. Look for a backpack sign.  It signals look out for a pothole.

9. Find an orange wall,where you can see the garden through the fence.

10. We see magnificent sunrises!  Wish the camera could really show what it looked like.

11.This is a pomegranate growing in someone’s yard.

12.This must be the new model of the barbed wire fence.

A Mixture of Unrelated Sights.

The Hostal!

This is from the corner across the street -looking in a Southern direction.   Our apartment is on the top floor the last two windows on the right side. Right next to us is a narrow building with a home on the top floor with a frozen yogurt shop on the ground level.

  We are looking toward the North and  the white building connected to our yellow one is the Church office building . It is on the corner and  across the street is the parking lot for the Church building and the Temple.

 This is the front entrance for the visitors and those coming to shop at the distribution center which is located in the basement. One day Warren went out the front door going to the office building. He got to the gate and he was locked in.  Ugh!  He goes to go back in the building and the front door was locked.  Now he is in prison.  He had to wait for someone to come out of the office building to call to for help.  It was good it was him... I wouldn't have been able to explain the situation. A few days later the Vesabolles's(missionaries from Argentina, did the same thing.  No one what at the office inside the building as the Missionaries, Taos, were not here yet.

Front Gate.

I opened the gate walked in the glass front doors and here is the entry way. Straight ahead are the Kitchens( two full ones) and a large dinning room.  It is for the temple visitors who stay over night.  They can cook and eat their meals here.  On the second floor is the bedrooms for visitors. 

The front desk is here  on your right.. the Tao's apartment is right next to it as you go down that hall.They are missionaries serving as the managers of the Hostal. They are from Argentina. Sorry they were not in at this time.

Look who I meet as I go back outside to turn the corner to the back of the building. The missionaries are out on visits. Notice the church and Temple in the background.

This is a view of the side of the Office building --At the top of the picture is the street that runs in front of our building.That is where I saw the missionaries. I rounded the corner and am across the street  down by the entrance to the parking lot by the back of our building.  Look at the next blog below.

This is the back entrance to out hostal.

I am  across the street looking at our parking lot in the back of the building.  Notice my walking partners for a nice Sunday walk. Hermana Siddoway on left, Hermana Crowther and the newbie Hermana Peel.

One side of the lot is for parking... notice trees are never cut down. And the other side is used for soccer and basketball. When there are lots of cars they park on the basket ball court.

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Now as we look at the building your can see the net to hold the balls in .  Also the white box with the square window is the guards room.  There are three different ones taking turns keeping the grounds safe. They open the gates to let us in and out and they check deliveries and check for fires when Sister Crowther's fire alarm went off when she was making toast.

Here is the Guard!

This is the back entrance. We go in and out this way as we cross the street to the Temple and to the Church.

This is our small back yard area.  Straight  ahead (the dark box )is the huge Air -conditioner.

Looking out the one of the back windows we see this is the home and yard that is next to the parking. It is about as wide as  a third of the building.