Old school…
New school…
Art school…
For those dying to know what the heck a tinaco is and how the water system in Mexico works:
At my apartment complex, municipal water is regularly (or, not so regularly — as the case may be) delivered though a pipe under the street into a cistern (storage tank) located under our driveway); a bomba (pump) is run daily for an hour (más o menos) to bring water from the cistern up into tinacos sitting on the various rooftops of the complex. In case you are worried, float valves keep them from overflowing (most of the time). When we turn on the tap, courtesy of gravity, water flows (or dribbles) from the tinaco into and through our faucets. ¡Ojala!
By the way, drinking water is a completely different story…
Mexican Peso Converter
View From Casita Colibrí 
So, are you going to tell us about drinking water? And, garbage disposal?
Hmmm… I’ll work on that. 😉
Of course, today, Mamacita said “did you see Shannon’s blog on those “whadda’ call its?”
I loved finally meeting her!
‘Old school, New school, art school’…love it! I think I may paint the water tinaco too. It certainly looks better than plain white (Morelia area).
Our tinacos are mostly the ugly stark black. The painted ones were done by my neighbor and she has inspired another neighbor. Hopefully, the rooftop beautification continues to spread — even to Morelia!
Yes! This would be so much better!
For those of us in the US who often take our water (and water pressure!) for granted, this is a great reminder of just how lucky we are! Having grown up in South America and Africa, and now living in the country with rain water and a well, I look at water in an entirely different way. Sure makes me appreciate good water!