Pictures from a village

I gave a friend a ride to a village about an hour from town
last weekend, so that she could buy several sacks of corn
for her family. These corn stores are made from woven
wood slats, and store the corn in the ear. This was the
largest one that I had seen.

The goats in the village are allowed to roam free range
after corn harvest. They are in good shape, and look
like they will have kids soon.

This is a local board game called Bao.
Stones are put into the holes and moved around,
according to some strategy, maybe like checkers.

Hello again!

Sorry for the long absence, work has been really busy lately.
I realized about three weeks ago that the birds were singing again
and that winter was on it's way out. I went outside to look
at the birds, and found light blue finches flying around
with nesting material. There is one sitting in the middle
of the picture, facing left. they are shy and hard to photograph.

I looked up in another direction and saw these nests.
They are near my office, and I plan to keep checking on them.

The barn swallows that sit on my windowsill seem happy
to see warmer weather. They sing a lot more on sunny days.