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Dec 29, 2013: Rice Field Sunrise

Neth and Nam and Nith's sister - next trip need to learn her name. Likely it starts with "N"

dec 29 5625 neth sister

Nam

dec 29 5626 sreynam

Neth

dec 29 5627 sreyneth

Another sister that I don't know

dec 29 5628 neth sister

Mom and the 5 sisters

dec 29 5629 neth family

Almost fully planted. Compare with Dec 24th photo

dec 29 5634 garden

Watering - its relatively cold - 15C so many are bundled up with warm clothes

dec 29 5638 water garden

On the red road - usual morning traffic - cattle, bicycles, cars, people, motorbikes and me

dec 29 5642 off to graze

Walking a bicycle

dec 29 5646 bicycle walk

Morning sky

dec 29 5649 morning ricefield

Nith sawing ice. I sawed the other block - its a good workout

dec 29 5655 cutting rice

Splitting the ice block

dec 29 5659 splitting rice

Her sister

dec 29 5665 nith sister

Nam cutting wood

dec 29 5671 cutting wood

She knows I'm watching so a smile

dec 29 5672 nam chopping

The road to the rice field

dec 29 5673 treak village

A local home - nicely managed

dec 29 5674 home

Nearby in a palm tree is Nephila something and if you look closely you will see the male (behind her back leg)

dec 29 5677 nephila female male

A better view of the male and the size difference between male and female. Looks like Nephila pilipes

dec 29 5683 nephila male female

Male and female again

Palm reflections

dec 29 5689 palm reflections

Shades of green in the garden

dec 29 5691 garden

Its unusually cool - about 15C and so fires and extra clothing keep kids warm

dec 29 5694 morning fire

Samoeurt's home (she works at Sojourn in the dining area

dec 29 5697 sojourn girl home

Cluster of palm trees on the way to the rice fields

dec 29 5699 rice field palms

Misty morning

dec 29 5701 morning mist

Rice

dec 29 5703 mature rice

A rice bird

dec 29 5711 rice bird

Another view

dec 29 5713 rice bird

Palm lined rice fields

dec 29 5716 rice field

Shades of green

dec 29 5717 morning rice

Morning mist

dec 29 5720 morning mist

I see so many kids leading cattle. It seems that if you can walk, you are old enough to help with morning chores

dec 29 5725 morning cattle

Closer view

dec 29 5728 leading cattle

Another kid with cattle

dec 29 5734 leading cattle

Closer

dec 29 5741 leading cattle

A cart

dec 29 5753 cart

Reflections in the mist. I think I should crop the tree and reflection, though.

dec 29 5758 bird tree

Jack, who is better than I am, did the cropping. Quite nice

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Mist, home and a mechanical cow

dec 29 5760 mist tent

Shades of green

dec 29 5763 green fields

Leading a cow to graze

dec 29 5766 masked farmer

More leading

dec 29 5769 green fieds

Mother's milk is the best

dec 29 5779 morning milk

Staking grazing ground

dec 29 5792 reflections

Reflections of cattle

dec 29 5793 cattle reflections palm

Sun breaking through the clouds

dec 29 5800 sunrise

Golden Apple Snail eggs (I think). There has been an infestation of snails - that when stepped on with bare feed - makes a nasty cut and highly likely infection.

Golden Apple Snails

dec 29 5805 snail eggs

dec 29 5806 snail eggs

dec 29 5808 eggs

Morning chores

dec 29 5812 morning chores

Misty palms

dec 29 5814 misty morning

Samoeurt - part of the Sojourn Staff

dec 29 5831 sojourn girl

I like this sequence. This very little girl grabbed the water pump handle to fill her cup - quite a balancing act. Here the cup is about 90% empty.

dec 29 5837 water glass

Half full

dec 29 5842 half full glass

Filled

dec 29 5844 full glass

Mom and cold child

dec 29 5848 mom yellow baby

Green garden

dec 29 5850 green garden

Red shirt

dec 29 5854 bicycle

Heliconia - last day

dec 29 5858 heliconia

Behind the heliconia - is a lady on garden water duty - here filling her buckets

dec 29 5861 water buckets

And smiling

dec 29 5865 water buckets

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C. Frank Starmer

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