Day to Day Life

I think my favorite part of the day is morning; listening to and watching the village come to life. Every morning is a little different and yet the same. Today for the first time I was aware of the church bell ringing at 4 am; don't know if it rings every morning so early or not. The lady across the street has her rice in her pot over the fire and a good crowd around to purchase. You have to bring your own bowl with you, no styrofoam takeout containers. The lady next door is stirring a pot of beans over her fire; must going to be lunch as I can hear the beans rattling against the pot so not done yet. Children are headed for school all neat an clean in their uniforms; some are riding bicycles and pumping another child. The air not so smokey today...nice. So if I look off to the right I can see the mountains. Chickens run around everywhere and am sure they lay eggs but wonder how you find them. All of the animals pretty much run loose...pigs, donkeys, goats, chickens and dogs. I haven't seen it yet but was told they tie up their cats. Hmmm. If anyone tells you that the rooster crows at the break of dawn, not so. The rooster crows whenever he wants including ALL NIGHT. The other night even the donkeys were upset and did a lot of braying. Not exactly music to my ears at 2 am. Wol is still so cranky and am a little upset the doctor would not even look at his ears just said he was teething. This is the fourth day of really cranky baby. They seem happy if I come down and take him for a bit and he is getting used to me so will come to me. Potatoes, carrots and papaya for breakfast today, a little strange but glad to have fruit and vegetable. Am learning to drink coffee black as no sugar usually available but is OK. Love you all and enjoy hearing from you. Have a blessed day and be a blessing to someone else.

Barbara