More rain and more film exposed & developed

Sunday was a good day. I slept in a bit and straightened up the apartment. I read a lot more of the Weston Daybooks, wrote in my journal and napped for about 30 minutes.
I was so antsy to shoot, that I packed my gear and took off. I went light this time with 15 rolls of film and just one lens. After 4 hours of walking, I think I covered another 5 miles. This is one way to get into shape.
I've always been lucky when photographing churches and around 2:15pm, there wasn't a soul in front of the Santo Domingo church. The sky was slightly overcast above me but there were great, dramatic clouds behind the church. I was able to cover the entire church several times before anyone walked in the my view. Awesome! Everything was working in my favor.
Then I walked down some streets I haven't been to yet. I love the way this place looks to me. The colors are terrific and vibrant and the people are always smiling. Maybe they think I am photographing them?
I finally made it back to my apartment at 5pm or so. I had some Coke and chips with a couple of the new grad students, Keith and Bernardo. It was their first day off and they were running around trying to see as much as possible.

After resting up and taking a much needed shower, I found Pepe and we ran off to the movies. We got to see Senor y Señora Smith (not Darren and Lucy). It was pretty good considering what it was: two beautiful people making a silly movie.
Before the movie, we took a walk towards gringo landia. There was a carnival and people were everywhere. We decided on Burger King for dinner. Yeah, I can't believe it either. No biggie. And not so surprisingly, it tasted just like it does in the good 'ol USA...gross. We got home around 11:30pm or so and it started raining.
It really cooled off outside and the noise of the rain on the outside plants is really pleasant. Unfortunately, I kept waking up to see if it was still raining. I think it rained until around 4am.
I finally woke up around 7am, got dressed and developed two more rolls of film. These were from the time I let the two Mexican schoolgirls make the pictures. The negs look great.

So now I am off to the Bravo center to once again look at the Rulfo images before I leave. They really are terrfic and I feel lucky that I got to see them in person.

I should go now as I only have 150 hours left in Oaxaca. I love this place and will be sad to leave. Yo soy triste.

Update: Shirley is not coming. She is at home (hopefully) resting so she can come to Santa Fe in 18 days. The doctors still don't know what is going on but are giving her a few days to see what happens. They might have to operate. I will keep everyone posted.