Trip up the Mountain

Mauda climbed a tree to bring me some flowers that smell kind of like lilacs to put in my house

View from a little plot on the side of the mountain

sugarcane



Cut sugarcane or caña, ready to be eaten. You suck and chew on the fibers to release the sweet juice and then spit them out.

Sugarcane, which it a common treat for kids here around Christmas time

Green papayas, I´m looking forward to ripe ones, though

These are called bananos cuadrado (square?), which are best eaten green and fried

The beginnings of a bunch of bananas

Another group of baby bananas, they are about the size of my finger

I´m loving having a camera again, I must say. This past Sunday I went up the nearby mountain with some kids to look for papaya that´s coming into season. They were still really green, but we brought one back to make a candy they call Piñonato. There´s quite a few families in my community that live at the base of the mountain but have small plots with various crops like coffee, beans, and different fruits further up. They loaded me down with a bunch a free food to take home: squash, green bananas, sugarcane, jocote. Generosity is a very common trait here, one I´m trying to become better at. Many times I´m what they call pinche, which basicly means cheap/ stingy. That´s all for now, I´m just trying to be better at posting pictures when I have the time. Adios.

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Trip to Leon and the circus?

Resting beside a little mountain stream

Peluche and me on a hike in June

Cute little furry donkey

Naptime in my house, all animals are welcome, pigs, dogs, chickens, ducks, cats, etc.

My pig, his name is Piglet, its very amusing how they pronouce it here, unfortunately he´s not this cute anymore, and he´s going to grace someone´s dinner table for Christmas

Yes, I agree this is weird, but I was in Managua for a doctor visit and on an early morning walk I ran a across a circus that was visiting town and wanted to take a picture of the animals outside to show to the kids in my community, but was invited in by the workers to take some better closer shots- here´s a tiger staring me down

The friendly Mexican animal trainer 

The main cathedral at night

Mosaics in Leon

The final days of my camera, before its untimely drowning in Sept., were spent in Leon which is a beautiful old city with many cathedrals and is close to the beach. I just spent 2 days there, but it was very relaxing. I´m hoping to have to have some new pictures to add as a very nice person has sent me another one. The people here have definately missed my taking pictures for them. They´re always asking when I´m going to have it again. Alright thats it- oh here are some other random older pictures too. This posting pictures takes forever!