I was fortunate enough to play uncle for a little bit today. Our friends have two miniature Dachshunds and a puppy miniature Dachshund. Just puppies… that is all… for an hour. I will introduce Blake to the puppy, who’s name is currently Luna. Quimucta and Juliette are the other two adorable four legged puppies. OK, so Quimucta and Juliette are not puppies but they are so darn sweet. They loved to play on the beach with Blake.
Blake is adjusting to life in Maputo rather well. He’s not making many friends but Quimucta and Juliette are just next door so they do visit. It’s not like his long list of dog friends in Ottawa by any stretch of the imagination. I swear my dog had a busier social life than I did when we went out for our walks. There are a few dogs on compound but not all of they are suited for socialization. They are more protective.
We also hosted a Halloween event on the compound. There were about 40 kids running from house to house all dressed up. Even many of the non-North American expats joined in. It was nice to see everyone out and about.
The weather is slowly changing from hot to hotter and mix in the rain and high winds, this makes for some interesting times. One night the winds were so strong trees were bending over or breaking. Maputo was a mess for days afterwards but things simply did not stop. Cars drove, buses picked up passengers, pedestrians walked from one place to another. Everyone just moved along and worked around the clean up efforts. I was surprised to see how much sand washed over into the roads at certain parts. It was as though the beach swallowed parts of the street in drifts of sand. It reminded me of snow being pushed onto the roads by high winds creating dune like mounds.
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