By Marie, May 20, 2011
We made a 5k race! The track is a loop around the Mesa (a flatish area of the Bosque). Runners ran the loop seven times before cutting in to the finish line at the volleyball court. We made the trail fairly wide, and checked to be sure there weren’t lots of rocks, sticks, and […]
By Marie, May 16, 2011
Adan has gotten pretty good at construction. Lately he’s been our go-to guy to build doors and furniture. There is another really great furniture maker in the nearby village; we might see if they want to work together on some projects to do some knowledge transfer.
Most recently Adan built a new table for […]
By Marie, May 11, 2011
We just made another trip to get free sawdust from the local wood mill.
It is kind of a pain to get the sawdust, so this time we loaded up as much as possible so we won’t have to get more for about six months. The mill provides sawdust for free. We fill up […]
By Marie, April 22, 2011
A couple of years ago on a trip to Seattle, Brian and I put together a photo album with the various photos we had collected from events and visitors. We had printed out two copies of each photo, intending to duplicate the album here at the Bosque.
Well, intentions are different than actions, and […]
By Marie, April 13, 2011 We are in the dry season.
And by dry, I mean really, really, really dry. All of the grass and plants are brown. We ordered a pipa of water (about 7,000 liters) to get us through for a surge of guests that happens every year around Easter (Semana Santa). Some of our plants are dying; […]
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