Unending 20181010

Had a very busy day today with two school sessions and an Entry Service session with one of the people I mentor.  The quantities of vegetables the Udavi students have managed to grow is wonderful.

Finished off the day with a sound meditation which was lovely as well as being much needed.  Unfortunately I didn’t sleep very well afterwards as the sound vibrations woke something up in me and I found it hard to settle.

Speechless 20181009

I went to see Auroculture today and she asked me to say something about Buddha Garden.  After all the problems with the volunteers last week and talking to them and others about it I found I just couldn’t say anything!!! Somehow saying something about it didn’t seem relevant any more.

I saw this chameleon outside today and thought he was rather lovely.  Ran away very quickly though so I was lucky to catch him.

Cloudburst 20181008

After a lovely sunny morning there was cloud in the afternoon.  This gradually built up and turned into an enormous cloudburst of rain.  I was at the school at the time so we all rushed under cover and watched the rain pelt down.  No possibility of doing anything in the garden. Afterwards I went to the Solar Kitchen where the picture was taken.  I had to wade through several huge muddy puddles to get there.

Its now feeling extremely damp and humid as I write this.

Sun and water 20181007

Thank goodness the sun has come back today.  Have managed to do a lot of housework (which included dealing with a flood from the drinking water I left turned on) and my hair. 

Feel very tired but managed to go and see Auroculture.  She has a bad chest which rattles when she breathes.  I think she finds me a bit much to deal with so I didn’t stay long.

Video 20181006

The last long term volunteer told me she is leaving today so it looks like we won’t have many people to help next week.  She has fallen in love with a local person and so things are turning out very unexpectedly for her.  She wants her own room and also wants to explore doing different things.   Like the other volunteers she has had a hard time here but has showed much more patience than the other volunteers who are leaving.  I will miss her.

Managed to get the video done this morning and am very pleased with it.  Had to work on my laptop (and the very small screen) at first because the electricity went off during the night and didn’t come on again until the sun came up.  The picture is from the video – the rainbow came just as the students from Kolkata were leaving.

More rain 20181005

The rain has eased off a bit but it is still very grey and everything is sopping wet with lots of mud.  I seem to have run out of work clothes so we put up a line in the rubbish place which has a roof.  At least if I wash something and put it there it won’t get any wetter like it would on ordinary line.

Two long term volunteers talked more about leaving today.  They seem to have been angry and upset ever since they arrived.  They are going to work in a forest community but haven’t found anywhere else to stay yet.  I am relieved they are going as somehow we got off on the wrong foot and it went downhill from there.  We have obviously not come up to their expectations.

Very heavy rain

Had some very unexpected rain today.  Very heavy monsoon type rain two weeks before the monsoon officially starts.  It was also very dark which of course has an effect on the electricity.

It looks like it might be around for a while.