Sunrises

We are going into our third year of living as farmers in Flores. As such we´ve observed the environment and adapted to the demands of the seasons and the land. Trying to render food from the earth is an exercise in patience. And it is a dance with nature as our partner. Sometimes it is less a dance and more of a stumbling. Like stumbling out of bed at daybreak, and trying not to trip and break the camera, while climbing above our home to snap a picture. It has been the most fun in our photo documentation, capturing the sunrises, tracking the movement of the sun throughout the year. Of course this means waking up early enough to catch the event at the exact moment it occurs. Fortunately we have our feathered friends, the roosters, to raise the alarm.

Below is the position of the sun in mid-March as we look towards the east, down the valley. By the way, it will be the same valley in each photo, but shifted perhaps slightly, we photographers are not exact machines after all. Notice the ocean at the junction of the valley walls, to the left of the sun orb.

The sunrise in August is shown below, see how far it has traveled, such that it is at the junction of the two sides of the valley. We overslept a little for this photo capture.

And the sunrise in August, notice how it returns to the same position as in mid-March. I love the appearance of the clouds, it really seems as though an angel could descend out of it.

Getting the Good Shit

We have been passing the last few weeks collecting free fertilizer from our black and white doner pictured above, as well as several horses.



Izzy loves to help...yum...yum










We fill up our shopping bags and then double bag them in feed sacks.









Then they are placed into the canal for transport.









And finally they are lifted out and carried to the waiting garden.

Simple, eco-friendly, and awesome for the plants!