Spring Starts Really Early Here---Flowers Everywhere

Every year about this time we see the bright yellow primavera ("primavera" means springtime) trees start to bloom, as well as the pink amapa trees. Here's a very early amapa already announcing itself on Lazaro Cardenas street, a couple of blocks south of the office.

People always ask us if we have a lot of bugs here. Surprisingly, we do not. Unless you mean this type of bug. Still plenty of those alive and kicking. I'm no entymologist but I do know this type of bug is called a Fahrvergnugen. (You'll only get the joke if you remember those VW commercials.)

Both primavera and amapa are used for furniture and cabinetry here. They are bug resistant. Primavera has a blondish cast; amapa has little character or color of its own, but takes any sort of stain very well.

(When you view properties here, the cabinetry and trim will almost surely be either amapa, primavera, or my personal favorite, the incredibly rich-grained, deep brown parota.)

These are out in full force just now.