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Different Perscpectives
Taken on my commute to work this morning.
You have a different perspective living in rural farmland 45 minutes outside of Puerto Montt. Splitting fire wood for a fire in the evening with friends and family is different from splitting wood because you cook all your food on a wood stove. Running water is not a given even in such a wet and rainy place Ilque is. Our water comes from mainly cisterns or an old well at the back of the property. Our picky eaters know realize that if they don’t eat what they are served, they get nothing else. Dry shoes and feet are very important, but some how very difficult to achieve.
This morning I woke up early to start to fire for tea, breakfast, and to knock off the chill of the morning. Once the flames started going good enough, I went to brush my teeth. No water. I checked the kitchen sink. No water. Awww, crap! I put on my boots climbed up to our cistern which supplies the house. Bone dry. There was an absolute monsoon last night while we slept so there could only be one thing. A leak. No time to fix it so I turned on the well which is the back up when the weather dries up later in the summer. I now know one of the projects I’ll be doing on my next day off. That is if Berry doesn’t get to it first.
The morning bright, warm, and sunny, but now rain has moved in. It looks like it will be a bit like that for the next few days. The farm house is quite. Berry and the kids are back at the Hill House and the McLean’s are out visiting neighbors. I’m able to knock out a good bit of work and poke a way at this blog.
I’ve got a couple of more photos that don’t really belong anywhere right now… so here we go.
Our breakfast table this morning.
Yerba Mate - Tea of the Gods! It's like main lining caffeine with a cool straw.
Bacon. The family pig. It is the quintessential pig.
To find out how they got Bacon The Pig you can go here.
Rainy day at work.
La lluvia, lluvia, lluvia, siempre la lluvia (Rain, rain, rain, always rain).
Chile – A brief update
We’re here. Granted not after some difficulties, some of our own making, and a few minor set backs, but we’re here. There are plenty of stories to tell. But I want to tell them in order and when I have time to get some of them down. Right now… how about some pretty pictures to look at? Everyone likes pictures.
Heading into Puerto Montt on a sunny day.
Berry with one of her Christmas presents.
The kids climbing up to roll down.
Our front porch on the campo.
A view from our front porch.
Of course a kitten found us here. His name is Sombro.
Boats at the ferry in La Arena.
On the Calbuco Por Costa bus heading to the farm.
New Friends.
Taken this morning while walking across the campo.
That’s it for now. More to come later. We hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and are gearing up for a Happy New Year.
