City Hall has decided to refill the lake and stock it with fish. The lake is an artificial one, turn of the century, back when things could still be done in my little country. A short walk around the lake to record progress was in order.
It looks like a rain forest with palms! Yet, no pedal boats have returned.
I hope this is just the start of a thorough clean-up. The old gazebo has been fenced.
Walking around the lake, you get to the miniature castle. The Defensor Footbal Club fans ("Tuertos") have decorated it with a few graffiti. Yet, with a little care and modernization, this could shine.
The castle main gate is heavily decorated, although probably not as intended originally.
A good chain and lock in this gate are testimony to a need.
Close to the gate there is a beautiful old water dispenser. I swear that I saw a similar one in Rome, but that one was working and it had the outlet valve - its very clean and cold water was welcome in a hot day. Our local version has lost the bronze end, probably decades ago. Montevideo dwellers are avid bronze collectors. At least the paint is the original one.
Thanks for looking. Camera was my old Autocord, burning Pan F+ developed in Beutler, what else.
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