el popo and la itza as seen from my apt.

this is her boyfriend, ¨el popo.¨ there is a legend about the two, but i will save it for another day. suffice it to say the two volcanoes, el popo is active, are quite close to d.f. they are about 20-30 miles or so from where i live (maybe closer as i am not good at measuring distances). and as you will see in the next pics, both are visible from my apt simply by walking outside.

this is the volcano ¨la itza¨ its name in nuahtuatl is extemely long and i will not spell it right. anyway, if you look at it from left to right, you should be able to see a woman lying down (profile view from the side- her head is the left, then her chest is higher, and down to the feet- like a mummy in a way.

first, yes, that barney is as big as she is. and she can pick it up and carry it around. she is learning english through disney books and videos and barney videos. second, i am pretending to be a bear, and i am not quite sure why there is no fear on her face. clearly, bears are scary.

no, this is not my child. this is alexia natalia, the daughter of my old friend from oaxaca. she is two now, and i saw her for the first time in almost as much time last weekend.