{"id":1095,"date":"2020-03-11T18:11:51","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T18:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wenomadwehappy.com\/?p=1095"},"modified":"2020-03-11T18:11:51","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T18:11:51","slug":"a-view-of-roadside-shrines-and-thoughts-on-the-road-not-taken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wenomadwehappy.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/11\/a-view-of-roadside-shrines-and-thoughts-on-the-road-not-taken\/","title":{"rendered":"A View of Roadside Shrines…and Thoughts on the Road Not Taken"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ever since we arrived in Ajijic I have taken notice of little (and big) religious shrines along the roads (and as part of houses). They have been present in other countries, but here, they are all over! I think they are sweet and beautiful. I love how the faith of the Mexican people is part of their fabric of life (the Irish are very similar in this). Over the last two months that we have been here I have been accumulating photos from all over town. In interest of honesty and transparency – this post has been saved for when I didn’t have a lot of other things to say. Not that I don’t always have a lot to say, you know? But I’m saving for another post! \ud83d\ude44 Just follow along and say yes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I love this little angel. These little ones are easy to miss. I’m glad I caught this one!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Another one that I almost missed! In fact, I don’t know how many times I walked by without noticing this Lady of Guadeloupe hiding behind the palms.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The gorgeous blue tiles caught my eye. What a pretty image.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Now we are into the more obvious ones. This beautiful Lady is on a street corner (duh).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This is a sweet, simple one – although the image of Jesus is beautifully done!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I can’t figure out if that supposed to be a Canadian maple leaf on that little sign. But the image of Our Lady is gorgeous!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I really like this one<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A lot of houses (including ours) have these tile images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Another version of the tiles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Look at those nice sidewalks!! The altar is beautiful too.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I love this blue. The beautiful altar only adds to it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I almost missed this one!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Simple cross down by the lake front<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I can’t remember if I’ve already shown you this one…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And I might have used this one too. Oh well. It’s just one street over from us.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Saved the most impressive one for last. Jaw drop. Wow.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And now….for roads not taken. The current situation facing the entire planet, COVID-19, regardless of religion or political ideology is reminding people (hopefully all people) that we are in this together. Nations can’t just say that they are independent of everyone else and will do whatever they wish regardless of the consequences. It only takes one person to bring the virus to a new country before it is spreading rampantly. The Husband happens to work for the hospital at the center of the outbreak in the Northwest. The way in which that hospital has handled the situation is admirable and hopefully other medical centers can replicate their processes, if not improve upon them. How has this affected us in Mexico? Other than people taking about it and being cognizant of precautions, it hasn’t affected us at this point – except that we will not be going to Florence next week. We waited until the last moment to make the decision – I really did not want to give up on that dream. As soon as we made that decision Italy made the announcement that they were closing borders, so I think we made the right choice. There’s a lot of pieces to our moves (hotels, cars, houses, airplanes) that we have to cancel or change! Fortunately, we are spreadsheet makers (and Trip It! users), so we keep track of what has to be addressed. All of this means that we will remain in Ajijic for another 2 weeks, then we are on to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. This is a town I have wanted to visit for a long time and I look forward to sharing this new place with everyone. Even if it isn’t Florence. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ever since we arrived in Ajijic I have taken notice of little (and big) religious shrines along the roads (and as part of houses). They have been present in other countries, but here, they are all over! I think they are sweet and beautiful. I love how the faith of the Mexican people is part … <\/p>\n

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