last week here ....

(Hermana Yolanda and Profe Aida at breakfast)

(Britty and her daughter, Hanna Luz)

(Tia Adela let me take her portrait)

(the oven in the panederia)

(Making bread)

(Tia Adela)

(Cristian; a premature baby that has been in the home for a couple of months)

(a little size differential for you)

(Sarita is about 1; kid in the home)

(Micah and Sarita were playing)

(Micah had a toy lion, and was holding it like her baby)

(this paricuular morning I was supposed to follow wherever she went; Captain Micah)

(Kevin can sit all by himself)

(post-breakfast clean up)

(Hermana Yolanda)

(I had myself a treat before going to the movies with some friends)

(Cine Center: a different view of Santa Cruz)

(this kid loves food)

(salad; lunchtime at the home)

(Tia Martha trapeando)

(Don Mario cleaning the lawn mower)

(snacktime; eggs)

(snacktime for Infante A)

(Profe Aida and Leidy spinning around in a detached slide)

(snacktime)

(Don Mario and his tomatoes)

(he put up guides for the plants)

(that's the slide they were rolling around in. It got messy.)

(Paola and Carla Patricia)

(Aida and Leidy in the slide)

(clothes drying)

(sunset)

(Lizbeth)

(I got home just at the tail end of this soccer tournament)

(and I very quickly lost my light ... )

(and this is what it looked like then)

(and this is the room in Chuck and Cindy's house where I am staying. I took this photo from my bed)

de las luces que a lo lejos, van marcando mi retorno

(Anna and Kevin)

(Tia Adela, lunch)

(Kevin and Chuck)

(its everybody washes their own)

(Don Mario in the hen house)

(chicken!)

("Mira, tan chiquitito el huevo ..." look how small this egg is!)

(He smiles like that quite a bit)

(they were particularly interested in my flip flops)

(and they wanted to escape)

(eggs!)

(these hens produce 1200 eggs/week; and there are always some left)

(Don Mario is explaining to me how he grows tomatoes)

(there is a shop class on Thursday mornings for kids who come to the daycare center)

(this was pretty neat to shoot)

(I snuck a photo of Don Mario's tatoos)

(they were making covers for the trash baskets)

(in the shop)

("junk" drawer)

(Luis Fernando welding)

(Luis David welding)

(Don Mario is shop teacher)

(many, many tools)

(I did my best not to look at the bright light, but I had a headache later anyway)

(Luis Fernando)

(Luis Fernando)

(over at the daycare, Onescoli was eating her breakfast and doing her homework in the Biblioteca)

(Guineo = just one possible way to say banana. see also: gualele, platano)

(breakfast dishes at the daycare)

(most breakfast foods at the daycare come in a cup)

(Britty)

(Micah is interested in this whole Kevin-eating thing)

(Cindy and Kevin)

(Kevin often holds Cindy's hand while he eats)

(Micah: always mugging for the camera)

(This is in La Ramada. I finally worked up the courage to take the camera to a market with me. And so I hid myself and took this picture)

(They had a 'culto', or worship service, in the dining hall on Tuesday night)

(culto)

(people were still trickling in)