The beetle!
1/13/12
Here is one of the regular breakfasts at COTP. Just thought I'd share that with you all. : )
John and I are settling in here and finding our niche. It's a stretching experience living far from home and family, but we have found that the work it does in us is worth the stretch! John ventured out on a shopping run into Cap Haitien today while I stayed here to help our friend Chante with some of her daily projects. Of course, I'm always on the lookout for birds and wildlife, so I will post a photo of a rhino beetle the neighbors found yesterday. I've added two new birds to my bird Life List, building my total species closer to 400. (What? Some of you don't care?!) The many babies here are mostly healthy and doing well these days. If you ever want to feel wanted, just walk into the baby house and watch the arms stretch up to you!
While here, John and I both hope to learn a bit of Creole, so we are joining the neighbors a few days a week for an hour lesson. It's another stretch for 50-something year olds!
1/9/12
Made it!
Okay, just a quick note to announce tha we've made it!
Landed in Cap about 10:30 AM after a way too short-of-a-night at the Miami Airport Hotel but we're here...and all our luggage made it too!
Hard to believe we hauled all that stuff through three airports and it all made it in the same condition as when we started out-meaning nothing is broken ('cept one suitcase zipper and Sara's hummingbird feeder got beat up a bit-you can take the birder out of the country but you can't take the birder out of the...well, you know what I mean!) leaking or unsealed. PTL
We spent much of today meeting and chatting with old and new friends and getting settled in our room- emptying suitcases, sorting and putting away all that stuff.
Lots of people (well...five) our age (or thereabouts-anyway, of the more mature persuasion) here right now in addition to the 6 long-term volunteers, getting things done.
Well, tomorrow we'll jump into what we came to do: doing whatever we can.
It's been a long day so you'll forgive me if I say bon wi, won't you?
Bon wi,
J
Landed in Cap about 10:30 AM after a way too short-of-a-night at the Miami Airport Hotel but we're here...and all our luggage made it too!
Hard to believe we hauled all that stuff through three airports and it all made it in the same condition as when we started out-meaning nothing is broken ('cept one suitcase zipper and Sara's hummingbird feeder got beat up a bit-you can take the birder out of the country but you can't take the birder out of the...well, you know what I mean!) leaking or unsealed. PTL
We spent much of today meeting and chatting with old and new friends and getting settled in our room- emptying suitcases, sorting and putting away all that stuff.
Lots of people (well...five) our age (or thereabouts-anyway, of the more mature persuasion) here right now in addition to the 6 long-term volunteers, getting things done.
Well, tomorrow we'll jump into what we came to do: doing whatever we can.
It's been a long day so you'll forgive me if I say bon wi, won't you?
Bon wi,
J
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