Thursday, April 5, 2007

Starting the final rush to finish

Paul just loves taking photos of Baru - in this, clouds shroud the cooling volcano from the nearly full moon:

This is our pretty flower photo of the week (dug the bulb up in a drainage ditch):

This is our bizarre flower photo of the week:

Last blog, we showed you how Raul and Nicko were setting the rebar in preparation of pouring the concrete. Well, this is their finished product:

In the photo above, the guy on the right is called Jeeemius (yes, I meant to type 3 E's ... his name sounds like 'heir-ah-ME-as'.) I'm pointing him out to you because he's a really nice person and very organized - he's the one that makes sure supplies are on site when they're supposed to be and he's the only person I know of who actually understands why Paul's ram pump works.

In my experience, only masters in their crafts can make something look simple and easy, and Raul, who is pictured here, with the counter he made, certainly makes working with concrete look easy.


Either Tom or Iris Brolin took this photo, when they caught Paul and I taking a well deserved break and watching birds 'n' butterflies by the Tisingal: