This map nearly killed me....

Yes, I know it's been forever since I've written on my blog. I've been busy these last couple of months with a few big projects: painting a world map, making organic fertilizer for 14 home gardens, and building these casitas, which are coverings over the new wells in our community. I feel pretty good about these projects, they're nice and visibile. But, they really took a tole on me physically, the world map project especially. It took a lot longer than I expected because we had to repellar the wall, which means put a layer of cement on it to cover up the irregularities on the wall. Making the organic fertilizer for the gardens was not walk in the park either, it had to be turned over twice a day for 2 weeks, meaning I got up at 6am and turned it over with a shovel, which took about 30 minutes if I had other people helping me. Then, I had to do it again at 6pm. But, overall, it was a good experience and we all learned a lot in the process.

Here are some of the pics from the last few months.

This is me sanding away at the wall to prepare it for the paint.

Mixing the cement...

This is the part that drove me nuts

Almost done.....


And...done!

Making the organic fertilizer

Constructing the rancho...

And...finished!