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Accountability
David and Gertrude the first morning of our stay
Shadrach and Brianna (their youngest)
Kenyette Saywon (their oldest)
Selling clothes for a living
The day’s wash on the fence
More wash drying
Two very young boys who understand responsibility
One throws and the other one catches
Drying clothes in the grass
Here’s the pitcher starting his wind up
A truck with a dead battery being push started
Just a normal conversation on the way to the market
More commerce in action
Still having problems getting her started
A new bedstead provided by Shadrach & Gertrude
A scrap metal shot for Chuck Clark
The outlying area of Home Depot
Jeremiah making sure we get the fuel we paid for
What fuel attendants do while not fueling vehicles
Dave getting checked out on the cold water business
The generator has been moved to one side to make room for the new one
Dave really likes our 1966 generator
A colorful group of lapas drying
Children are drawn to cameras
More children near the water making business
More shots of scrap metal
Time for a hair cut
A building project in the back
Gayla loved these metal doors
Additional scrap
More of Gayla’s doors
Can you tell that Gayla really thought these doors were cool?
A welding shop
More of the metal works
Colorful concrete block forms in the center
Cooking stoves to the far right
The only cement
plant in
What Daddy calls a “Juke Joint”
More cook stoves and cement block forms (and cool van windows)
Home Depot
Carrying heavy loads
Concrete construction underway
A billboard Gayla thought was neat
A classic picture for our daughter, Elizabeth
Things will be just fine.
Letting it all hang out
A concrete sculpture for Louis Snyder (by way of 15 years of civil war)
One of these things doesn’t go with the others
The normal form of
transportation in
A billboard under construction
Gayla assures me she just likes the colors
But I see a pattern developing in her picture taking
The beginning of
The boys aren’t as good as the girls at balancing stuff on their heads
Gayla and Dave were astonished at the gunshot holes even though they had been told about them previously
An effort at encouraging cooperation
The river’s edge
Continued signs of devastation
Bread for sale
A local “store”
A shot of color
Close up of economy barbed wire
A more distant view of the glass embedded railing
Movement and color
Fine furniture
The bridge into
A second floor car dealership in the middle of ruin
The ladies are very colorful
The shop where Shadrach and Gertrude purchased “our” bed
A man making bamboo mats in front of the water business
Another angle on the mat making
Dave and me hiding behind a group of kids
Gayla busy at the internet café
Computer Dave trying to log onto his mail service
Gayla said this shot had depth. I assume she was speaking of Dave since she always says I’m shallow. (Lizzy, did you get my joke?)
Due to the U.N. checkpoints and one of the two bridges being condemned, the traffic situation has become unbelievable
“Is that chickens in that truck?”, asks Gayla
A full moon in the eastern sky
Shadrach doing some reading
Gayla and Dave laughing at my expense |
