the coffee beans growing in our backyard are almost ready for the pickin
teacher Julie leaves on Monday :(
met two new Irish friends backpacking though,
learned a new card game and had lots of laughs.
Safe travels Rob and Jenni!
hung up shelves, (re)painted the bathroom,
scrubbed the mold off the WC door,
rehung bathing area
freshly machete cut lawn
exchange of sugar cane and tamales with neighborhood boys
bringing us yet another step closer to being integrated into community
bird watching:
blue, orange, and yellow birds
also some woodpeckers
and funny haired birds are migrating through.
(official species names NOT to follow)
finally whipped up my famous guac
and bought a case of Pilsener off the beer truck.
Somehow buying it at wholesale made it taste better.
sent off some postcards and letters
skyping and chatting with many friends this past week as the internet is back up
frog attack!
that story will have to wait
until I get the picture of the perp on my computer
watched a beautiful sunset
on the back of a pickup truck
on the way back from a visit to host family's place.
a belly full of bean and cheese pupusas,
light rain and a smile on my face.
a cup of sweet coffee with abuela in her artisan store.
She only goes by "abuela" in the entire pueblo.
no first name.
no last name.
just. abuela.
the last day of high school let out
and all the kids were swarming the street
with permanent markers and white t's
signing memories onto the blank canvas
Current Status: listening to some sweet bird calls,
not gallo b.s. more planet earth bird of paradise stylie
