New Monkey Guard & One of the Boys

We are blessed to have a new 'monkey guard'...Princess. Whenever she sees the monkeys she chases them furiously and it's hilarious to watch. You need to know that Princess is about 10 lbs and the monkeys must be 35 or 40 lbs, but Princess does the chasing! Yesterday I was sitting on the steps with Princess when a monkey snuck up beside Princess and put his hand on her. It startled her and she snapped her head up and growled at the monkey. He jumped back and stood upright waving his arms and chattering as if to frighten Princess, but that backfired...it served to make Princess angry and she went after the monkey, and the monkey fled for the trees.

But the monkeys don't give up easily...they know the can get away from her, so they tease her. They come close enough to her to make her mad enough to chase them and then the climb the nearest thing just enough to get out of her reach. It is a riotous game of animal tag!

I've been taking the boys to get their hair cut the past two days...with 7 boys you don't take them all at once. The 'barberia' is something to behold...small, dirty, hot, and extremely crowded. On top of that it takes forever for even the simplest haircut. So, while I wait for the boys the locals and I 'shoot the breeze'...can't you just imagine that? I'm there enough that they don't even look to see who the Gringo is anymore...I'm just 'one of the boys'!