Saturday, July 23, 2011
Sugar Valley
Well, good morning.
Lucho giving a Chemistry class. Nice to have a refresher on things like entropy and the electromagnetic spectrum.
The lovely teacher´s assistant (and wife), Lucrecia, who later gave the class a crash course in ortografía and grammer.
Luis Mi participating in class. An all-around academic family!
Lots and lots of sugarcane, which is grown, harvested and processed all year round in the Cauca Valley.
Hiya, shuga...
Nap on Daniela´s shoulder.
Friends on a Saturday bike ride.
At Hacienda el Paraíso, a plantation which inspired
María
, the acclaimed romantic novel by Jorge Isaacs.
Spelling error at the guarapo stand, where they make a deli
c
ioso sugarcane drink.
Mmm más obleas.
Sweet wine grapes.
New pool at the neighbor´s house in Santa Elena.
An unusual sighting.
At Chucho´s house, a typical cauca home filled with remnants of the past.
In the barber´s chair.
Chucho, a real character, recovering from a motorcycle accident.
A found piece of wood turned crucifix.
Some of Chucho´s recent works.
Patacones, fried and flattened plantain chips.
A bit of street life.
Palmirando
Lovely mother to son poem, apparently made before Luis Miguel´s birth.
Lucrecia, Lucho and Luis Mi´s home.
MMMM!
Garage in the house! Cool.
At Luis Mi´s school... ¨First love! Noble pride of feeling loved¨.
Más heliconias.
Impromptu, and heated, 2-hour parent-teacher meeting... couldn´t imagine this happening in the States!
Police chair.
Newer Posts
Older Posts
Home
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)