It could have been a dead body

I peered over the canal bridge to look for crocodile babies a few mornings ago and all I could see was ugly green scum. Probably algae. Whatever it was, it wasn't pretty.

Only a week or so ago I had seen fish and birds and baby crocs at the same spot, so the green scum was a disappointment.

I told Terry about it.

Terry often responds to my complaints with "it could be worse." Once when someone asked about violence in Zihuatanejo, Terry's response was "it's safer than Afghanistan." Terry's response to algae in the canal? -- "at least you didn't see any dead bodies."

I like the canal. It's near my home and I often walk along it when going to el centro, or to Commercial Mexicana, or on my early morning walks with Nancy.

Algae in the canal reminded me that summer is coming. The sky is often hazy, not blue. We have cloudy afternoons and it often looks and feels like it's going to rain. And it is REALLY hot, and really humid.

But hey, maybe it hasn't rained for a long time, maybe I'm hot and sweaty 24/7, but there haven't been any dead bodies in the canal for a long time either, so who am I to complain?