Michoacan, Mexico

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Michoacan, Mexico
December, 2009

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Carlos with an early Christmas present, and of course it is a Spiderman costume (red).

Carlos with an early Christmas present

Thursday Street Market was our first morning in Cuitzeo, and we got up and took advantage to stock up on food for the rest of the week.

Thursday Street Market

This was our first morning in Cuitzeo, after getting up and going to the market.

Brigita cooks breakfast

One year old, he was just a puppy last time we were there.

Sarah picks a pomegranate, which Juan and Brigit had been saving for us. There were about 60 fruits on the tree when we got there, and we started right in eating about 4 a day.

Sarah picks a pomegranate

Barda, in spanish means wall. It can be the wall of a house, or a wall around a property. In this case it is an 8 foot tall fence made of brick and concrete. When we bought this house there was no wall on the back end, about 60 feet missing. We have been trying for 2 1/2 years to get it done. Finally progress!

Juan and some neighbors discuss the progress, Feo, in the back is setting up re-bar.

Barda discussion

Pomegranates are called granadas in Mexico, as are lots of different unrelated fruits. Granada is also the word for hand grenade.

Steve eats pomegranate

In the back yard, looking at the "house".

Brigita & Sarah

Discussing the barda again, and visiting. This guy owns a little ranch outside of Cuitzeo.

Steve & a local rancher

Another one of the little presents we brought with us on the plane.

Carlos plays cards

In the one bedroom of the old house. We are actually staying in a tent in the yard.

I shaved my first morning in Cuitzeo, after not shaving for almost 5 months. I hade quite a large beard. Now I'm getting a good hair trim, a Mexican Cut.

Carla and Liset try on some of the wool hats that Marge Morse knit and sent down with us.

We buy at least one papaya every time we go to market. Carlos calls me Senor Papaya. We all love to eat some almost every day, usually with lime juice squeezed on top.

Cutting up more, in the kitchen.

Juan made a nice swing, or columpio, in the huge tree in our back yard. It got alot of use every day.

We let them ripen right on the tree until they split open like this. They are then very ripe and sweet, and easy to break apart.

Another ripe one.

Our neighbors have an outdoor kitchen, which they use more than their more modern indoor one. It's nice to be outdoors, and they can burn wood there. Only propane in the indoors stove.

Outdoor kitchen

We usually had at least a meal a day with the neighbors, either at their house or ours. These are fish from the lake, fried deliciously.

More barda progress

After the wall is a bit taller, we will pour concrete in the spaces between the bricks.

Another communal lunch for the neighbors and the workers.

Our house as seen from the yard. On the other side of the house is the sidewalk and street.

It looks like a wreck, and in many ways it is, but we are keeping all the stones here for future use in foundation work for our new house. We used some for the Barda foundation. It's actually improved from when we first bought the house, we've hauled alot of junk out.

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