Andy is very proud of his new look. Check out the Vallegrandino hat. I think it looks pretty good, but am not too fond of its smell, which is something like sheep manure.
Here I am, in a very pretty field of oats.
This and the following few pics are of work in Lagunitas, one of the communities we're working with to make a water system this year. This is Andy, two of the beneficiaries, and their nephew, "preparing to work," which involves stuffing coca leaves into their mouths until they have a nice little ball, and apparently for these guys, also taking swigs of very strong sugar cane alcohol.
And even the fact that I was wielding an azodón (giant hoe) and digging around to prepare the work site did not dissuade them from their special obligatory man-time. This is what our feet looked like after just a few minutes of work. Mmmmmud!.
Getting ready to pour cement to build the wall that will eventually retain water from the spring, which is that kinda hole in the ground type thing there to the left.
Pouring cement.
After a few days, the wall had dried, and we came back and covered the area with rocks and cement to keep dirt, leaves, and dirty surface water out.
In another community, a woman and her three kids planting pasture grass that will (hopefully, and after some time) grow, collect eroding soil, and form a terrace to protect the field from further erosion.
And just for fun...a truck occasionally comes and sells chicken (the live ones, with feathers and beaks and stuff). I guess the best method of transporting them is to tie them upside-down from the bars in the bed of the truck. Unnecessarily cruel? I thought so, but it's apparently normal to everyone else. Interestingly, a live chicken costs about the same as one that you don't have to kill and feather. I guess freshness drives a premium?That's it! More next time.
Peace.
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