Today I worked the hardest I have this year planting rice. We planted rice for 4 hours, that is after the 4 hour morning shift. Luckily tomorrow we get an extra 2 hours to sleep in.
So here is the picture. Bent over for 4 hours in knee deep mud. It really was not as bad as it sounds and my knees actually hurt the most. There was a machine that did most of the planting but our job was to go through each row and correcting the machine. The results of the machine varied on how soupy the mud was or sometimes it would go a couple of feet without planting anything. We also planted by hand on the corners and perimeter where it could not go.
Rice planting wins the hardest I have worked in 2011 award (which I just invented.) We planted an about a quarter acre which will yield somewhere around 450 kilos of rice or just not quite enough for what the house we are staying in eats.
It was a lot of fun walking around in the deep mud. There were lots of strange insects including one that looked like a turtle but carried its eggs on its back. There were lots of frogs too. When we finished was washed off in the irrigation stream.
Last night I took Rio, the farm dog, on a walk. The sky was amazing. There were clouds high up that were pink and looked like fire. They were laid against a hard dark blue sky. A rain storm came in which was quite a sight. It was strange because the clouds ran towards each other and then crossed over. It was topped off by the sun setting behind the mountains.
When I got back Toa was bowling on the table. This is actually quite normal here. He is 2 years old and obsessed with bowling. Everyday he practices bowling, watches it on youtube, and sometimes ask me to draw him bowling scenes, which I do.
So here is the picture. Bent over for 4 hours in knee deep mud. It really was not as bad as it sounds and my knees actually hurt the most. There was a machine that did most of the planting but our job was to go through each row and correcting the machine. The results of the machine varied on how soupy the mud was or sometimes it would go a couple of feet without planting anything. We also planted by hand on the corners and perimeter where it could not go.
Rice planting wins the hardest I have worked in 2011 award (which I just invented.) We planted an about a quarter acre which will yield somewhere around 450 kilos of rice or just not quite enough for what the house we are staying in eats.
It was a lot of fun walking around in the deep mud. There were lots of strange insects including one that looked like a turtle but carried its eggs on its back. There were lots of frogs too. When we finished was washed off in the irrigation stream.
Last night I took Rio, the farm dog, on a walk. The sky was amazing. There were clouds high up that were pink and looked like fire. They were laid against a hard dark blue sky. A rain storm came in which was quite a sight. It was strange because the clouds ran towards each other and then crossed over. It was topped off by the sun setting behind the mountains.
When I got back Toa was bowling on the table. This is actually quite normal here. He is 2 years old and obsessed with bowling. Everyday he practices bowling, watches it on youtube, and sometimes ask me to draw him bowling scenes, which I do.
This one is blurred but you can get an idea of how much energy this boy has.
And my favorite mug here. Go ahead, stare at it, the longer you look the scarier it gets.
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