Little Lessons

Posting some pictures that reflect a little of our daily life as it's evolving here for three weeks. Today is an "at home" day, which means we get to catch up a bit. Doing laundry is easy -- the kitchen sink works fine and hanging it on the roof is wonderful. Everything dries in about two hours. Little lessons learned: Bring new clothespins -- the ones from
6 months ago will be moldy. Put leftover pieces of PVC over the re-bar that's sticking up out of the roof, or else you might end up with a nasty scrape on your shin when you walk into one unseen. Lay the pillows outside
to bleach in the sun - being stacked up in the house for a few months makes them pretty stale (and that's putting it mildly!) Check the laundry often, especially for Greyson because she likes to hang hers on hangers -- which often blow down in the tropical breezes.

The Kerosene Stove has been put together. We carried it out to the back porch for the initial lighting and burn-off. We still have some lessons to learn about the kerosene stove. Wick-trimming is a whole new method of
cooking! This morning we had electricity so we were able to use the hotplate we've been keeping down here. French-press Toro coffee and fresh hard-boiled eggs tasted pretty good, especially since we're now cooking
morning meals for ourselves. It sounds so simple, doesn't it, but getting to know the markets and the prices was a next step for us. Lunch will probably be the old stand-by...peanut butter and (pineapple) jelly.

Tomorrow we'll be at AUC. Greyson will start an Audubon project for the Board and I'll be looking over student records. I'm sure there will be lots of "little lessons" there as well!