I have to admit, I'm a bit stressed out, but working hard on breathing deeply in critical moments and communicating clearly.
Yesterday, we finished three full days with 5 young men working on the road, and I am happy to report that this section is looking really good, though I do wish we had a few more rocks to harden up the middle.
We have enbiggened the drainage along the shoulders and used all the overflow material to fill in and raise up the center. One contoversial treatment I instructed to the workers was to section out large chunks of gingibre that grows from bulbous roots along the path. We buried these to help fill, and my hope is that their roots will begin working immediately to firm up the path.
Hopefully upcoming I will plant live sections of a really ropey grass that I also hope will tie it all together.
And we haven't stopped from advancing on our other goals. Here is an update photo of some work being done on a storage space.
The next stage will be to build the roof, we have agreed on a design and are now assembling the materials.
Yesterday, I went to town to get 18 zinc roofing pieces, each are 90 cm wide and 306 cm long.
Social phenomena can still amaze me, even though I have been here 8 years already. How many people would stop and discuss loading or installation 'strategy' with you at your local hardware store?
Even now as I try to type this at a local cafeteria, some nice old man has determined toto try to tell me his life story.
Got to run! Thankful for you all!