Composting and Gardening Project

Kathy and David, a couple visiting from Ohio, started a composting and gardening project at the local high school, Ocean Academy.  Go Kathy!  Go David!  Not exactly sure how this came about, but Tommy volunteered to take over when they leave.  The teachers here are overwhelmed and there really wasn't anyone to keep it up and monitor it, so Tommy stepped in.  Go Tommy!  He is also looking at this as an opportunity to learn about composting, something we had been hoping to do on a grander scale than our previous backyard pilings (eaten by the land crabs every night).  The other day he took Egan with him to the school; here are a couple of pics...

I needed a haircut...

So I cut my hair.  All by myself with the assistance of The Internet.  Turns out that putting my super long hair in a ponytail at my forehead, then pulling the band out about 6 inches and hacking away ends up looking uncannily like my hair does after the $60 cuts I had regularly received.

I had less success with Egan's cut.  It ended up somewhat bowlish and haphazard and unfortunate.  But he can carry it off, so we aren't worried.  Anyhow, this is yet another example of how things are different here.  One finds that one can be so much more self-sufficient. 

Now for a random photo of Egan-ness, taken yesterday on our walk....with balloons!

More House: Before and After

Here is the bedroom BEFORE.  Note the interesting paint job and the linoleum floor over the gray painted wood flooring. 

Here is the bedroom AFTER.  This is the king-size bed that Tommy built with his OWN HANDS! A beautiful headboard was added a few days later.  See that groovy wood?  That is the Belizean hardwood with which much of the furniture and cabinetry is built in Belize.

This is our "front" door before we had the trim repainted "Teenage Pink"

I think the pink makes it much happier and tropical.  And now Tommy can sing that Little Pink Houses song with greater fervor, so right there you've got at least two big benefits to the addition of THE PINK.  We have a much larger porch on the back of the house with almost-sea views. We are still working on it, so I'll post before and after shots when we have a more complete After.

Living Room: Before and After