The glass is half empty or half full ?

Today is the halfway point of my trip.

Well, not much happened on Thursday other than a couple of portraits in the morning and then about 5 in the evening when the light is just right. Although the light here is very nice near sunset, it is not as nice as Santa Fe. The light in Santa Fe is simply amazing. It took being away from it to realize how nice it is.

I´ve done a few more flowers and a bit more street scenes but I have found myself using the Xpan for panoramics a lot more. It´s easier to use right now and the optics are great. But I am planning on doing some street portraits on Saturday evening in El Llano park.

Today, we have a slide show to attend at 1pm. These are photos from Krista´s group. They all leave tomorrow. Speaking of Krista, she got the ´bug´. She´s not doing so well.

Then at 7pm tonight we have the opening at Galeria Quetzalli, for the mexican painter Francisco Toledo. That should be interesting.

After the opening, we have been invited to a dinner party hosted by the archaeologists/anthropogists we are neighbors with. One of the team members has rented a house around the corner and there will be about 20 or so people. I hope we have something to talk about other than politics and bones.

Tomorrow I will get some more photos of the local churches and people and then on Sunday we are going to the hot springs about 30 miles east of Oaxaca City, just passed Mitla. We are going with the rest of the gringos staying at Casa Arnel. It will be a day trip with another stop at Tlocalula for the market. This time I am packing lightly.

Amelia´s trip is nearly over and Oaxaca will be very different without her here. We are having a blast. She leaves on 6/16 and Jorge is planning on arriving on the same day. Not sure how long he is going to stay but Shirley arrives on 6/19 and will be here until 6/26. We are on the same flight back to the states.

More later...