Bollitos
Rose and Beberly are back for another quarterly, 2-week visit to work with the women’s group, and this time they have been welcomed with a traditional luncheon of Bollitos. I’ve…
Month: August 2007
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New Fruit Trees
The Women’s Group has had an opportunity to purchase another batch of 50 fruit trees (Valencia Oranges, Persa Lemons, Mangos and Zapote) to put on their property and 10 decorative…
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Potato Salad
I haven’t made a potato salad for years, and I’m not sure why, since the ingredients are all readily available here. When I decided to serve hamburgers the other day,…
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Chicken Noodle Soup
Chicken Noodle Soup is a dish that I grew up with, and never felt the need to look further than Campbell’s until moving to the jungle, where it quickly became…
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A New Hyfrecator
Thanks to the efforts of Dr. Bob Dickson in Calgary, the clinic now has a HYFRECATOR. (from Wikipedia … a hyfrecator is a versatile diathermical medical apparatus used in electrosurgery.…
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Women’s Center Opens
On Friday, Don Sebastian formally passed over the keys of the new building to Doña Juana (left) the president of the group and Doña Bety, the treasurer.
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Rose and Beberly Are Back
Rose and Beberly (in the center with President, Doña Juana) are welcomed back by the women’s group, who planned a feast of bolitos for their arrival (see Rainforest Recipes for…
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Guard Dog
Our local cable company was around doing some repairs to the lines the other day, and I noticed that the owner had found the ideal method of protecting his tools…
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Regan Volunteers
For the last couple of weeks we have had another young volunteer … Regan O’Byrne MacElwayne from Calgary, who is almost 15 years old. We partnered Regan with Alvaro, a…
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Can You Identify This Bird?
This is the strangest bird I have ever seen! It has been sitting here on the side of this same tree, without moving, since it was discovered several weeks ago.…