Back by popular demand, Teh Cute

Lots going on here, but for now, I give you more of Teh Cute.



She actually disappeared for a few days this last week, having been carried off by some kids in the neighborhood. However, the word must´ve spread through my neighborhood that there was a sad gringa looking for her puppy, and Tula was returned unharmed, and a little more rambunctious than usual (this may have also contributed to her being brought back, I suspect).

Ho-hum and random

So, the "Big Mama", as my own Mama calls her, is quiet. We are all knocking on wood here and hoping that la Sra. Mama Tungurahua stays that way for at least a little while.

It has been raining quite a bit and the orchids are happier about it than I am.

Otherwise, things in the school are plodding along. We have had between 3 and 6 volunteers there at any given time in the last few weeks, which is fantastic. We have been painting the outside of the building that houses the kitchen and dining room, and have been trying to fix our water (or lack thereof) "issue". The latter has involved digging lots of holes in unintuitive places, in order to find where the pipe is broken, then repairing the breaks and then finally, digging a new trench to lay a new line along part of the old line. I have been compulsively planting various little things, and ho-ing it up in the garden, to get the beds ready to plant new vegetables.


We also had a cookout up at the school this week, in honor of a volunteer´s birthday.

We grilled hamburgers and generally overate.

The kids had a blast, and camped out overnight up at the school (with supervision).





And then one day, I came across this in Pelileo, while on a hike.

It was on the top of the gated entryway to someone´s property.

I have asked several people what it is, exactly, and have gotten several answers.

One said that it was a policeman, another a devil, and another still just laughed and said, "Obviously, it´s a little boy".

I will call him Biki Boy.