Fri, 11 Mar. - Flowers Bay Job Site
on the way to the job site, we heard about the Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan ... horrible! and alerts that the Tsunami may reach mainland Honduras on the Pacific side ... but not here in the Caribbean.
it was still raining when we arrived back at our project in Flowers Bay. after all that rain we were able to see that our efforts at digging the trench paid off. the trench was flooded with water, but there was little standing water in the high areas. yeahhhhhhhhh !
lots of wet slipped mud, however, as i predicted.
we ate lunch, then got started in the very slippery mud. the students made the best of it, and eventually were covered in mud, writing on each other and putting war paint on their faces. they continued digging the trench and spreading the piles of mud.
i tried to stay dry and relatively clean. did a little bit of shoveling. when one of the girls noticed this poor tiny wet scared kitten that came leaping through the tall wet grass to the group looking for food, warmth, comfort, and a home. ... and of course he found one. he's pretty cold and scared here.
knowing that Tony already had adopted 2 cats, i knew this little kitten would have a good home. we wrapped him in my shirt, dried him off, gave him some food and water, picked fleas off him, and then i 'babysat' with little one most of the rest of the afternoon, tucked inside my jacket. he was all warm, dry, and happy.
Tony was making progress on the floor.
the girls continued filling bottles with sand, and became experts at mixing cement.
as Tony finished the floor.
as the end approached, the girls helped do a little yard clean-up, which involved team work.
and by the end of the day, Tony had finished the floor in the bamboo structure, .... amazing .... i was impressed.
we said goodbye to Veronica for the last time.
it was really a great experience for us, and they were grateful for all our help and the work we got accomplished. our parting shot of Tony with the kitten.
back home, shower, change, back to the Sundowner to meet Marti. no sunset tonight, and it poured rain again, then stopped long enough for us to leave. we stopped at my place to pick up my leftover chicken, and she invited me to her place where she assembled a wonderful dinner for us, a little of this and a little of that: chicken, rice, mango papaya salsa, fresh green beans, and a hyponically grown lettuce salad. then we headed for Ronnie's Barefoot Bar to listen to Bobby and 'my' Blues Band. but by the time we got there, they had quit. but we visited with some folks who bought us 2 more drinks, ..... that i didn't need.
lots of wet slipped mud, however, as i predicted.
we ate lunch, then got started in the very slippery mud. the students made the best of it, and eventually were covered in mud, writing on each other and putting war paint on their faces. they continued digging the trench and spreading the piles of mud.
i tried to stay dry and relatively clean. did a little bit of shoveling. when one of the girls noticed this poor tiny wet scared kitten that came leaping through the tall wet grass to the group looking for food, warmth, comfort, and a home. ... and of course he found one. he's pretty cold and scared here.
knowing that Tony already had adopted 2 cats, i knew this little kitten would have a good home. we wrapped him in my shirt, dried him off, gave him some food and water, picked fleas off him, and then i 'babysat' with little one most of the rest of the afternoon, tucked inside my jacket. he was all warm, dry, and happy.
Tony was making progress on the floor.
the girls continued filling bottles with sand, and became experts at mixing cement.
as Tony finished the floor.
as the end approached, the girls helped do a little yard clean-up, which involved team work.
and by the end of the day, Tony had finished the floor in the bamboo structure, .... amazing .... i was impressed.
we said goodbye to Veronica for the last time.
it was really a great experience for us, and they were grateful for all our help and the work we got accomplished. our parting shot of Tony with the kitten.
back home, shower, change, back to the Sundowner to meet Marti. no sunset tonight, and it poured rain again, then stopped long enough for us to leave. we stopped at my place to pick up my leftover chicken, and she invited me to her place where she assembled a wonderful dinner for us, a little of this and a little of that: chicken, rice, mango papaya salsa, fresh green beans, and a hyponically grown lettuce salad. then we headed for Ronnie's Barefoot Bar to listen to Bobby and 'my' Blues Band. but by the time we got there, they had quit. but we visited with some folks who bought us 2 more drinks, ..... that i didn't need.
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