Home Work

Our school bus home....and I set up a work station on the hill out front

Here is the view looking out from my work bench

I used wood scraps left over from the tent platform project below the garden area; they make a good fairy fortress too!

The day before, I had been using this low deck by the green house. I still use the slats in the deck for bending money clips.

Still learning the new tools. I packed wire, steel wool, a metal block for making rivets, pliers, hammer, metal punch....airport security left a nice note in my suitcase. I'm sure the x-ray picture peaked their interest.

Sabio, hard at work on some techy project

And Indigo, taking good care of all the kids

Our recent group project: creating a recycling system. I had the idea to use the coconut sacks to sort and envisioned some kind of stick structure to contain them. Sage and Blake went to work with pencils and paper and measuring tools, cut some trees from an area being cleared for tent platforms, and created this frame.

Next, the posts were sanded and I painted some signs that will be laminated in town. It's really humid and breezy here so any paper will curl and crumple in a day.

One of the categories for sorting: Misc. cobb bits (burned out lighters, dry pens and markers, caps) these will be collected and incorporated into cobb walls like the ones in the pictures I posted in the blog earlier.

A couple of new volunteers arrived this week. Chelsee is in the picture above - she and Jeff specialize in video documentation and production. Soon, there will be a great video orientation for new comers to get acquainted with the workings of the farm community here at Finca Fruicion

Sabio, kickin' back in the hammock above. Below, making signs for all the compost buckets so folks will know which animals eat what kinds of food

Indigo, baby "hugging" - no sitting - Cedar

Home - Sweet - Home

Indigo designed a little cafe on the bus called The Smoothy Shack, the menu is in english and espanol.

Hunab Ku - our Mascot on the Benny Bus

The bus at night. Sage sleeping on the couch, solar lights along the windows. Through the front windshield, you can see the lights of San Agustin in the valley.