Renovations - at last!

After waiting patiently for 2 months, I am now seeing some exciting changes on the horizon - a new bathroom, upstairs teraza, and a more spacious and convenient kitchen. Angel is an expert at flinging the concrete so it hits the ceiling with a satisfying "splat"; later, he uses a trowel and very patiently smooths it to match the texture of the rest of the house. The workers here work hard, and cheerfully, and take a lot of pride in their cratsmanship.

Children's Art Classes

The kids here love the fresh, juicy paint I brought down from Canada...and here they are painting "en plein air"

The Season is Half Over!

After changing my mind many times, I have decided to make a gallery out of the upstairs room in my house...it will also be a guest room, so will require some creative furnishing, but for now... a gallery. Humberto and Ana, my neighbors, are helping arrange the paintings, using fishing line (cuerda de pescado), so we dont have to make holes in the very hard concrete walls.