Colin and me together.
Iqara playing with Lily in the
Above Rubies office.
When the grandchildren come over they like to create things, make houses or dress up. Here Chalice has made a little house out of boxes.
No, it is not a bandit! During the summer I grow loads of peppers--HOT PEPPERS! My African children love to eat hot food, so I grow
habanero peppers and
hotter than habanero peppers! I grow lots so we have extra to dehydrate and use until next harvest. After dehydrating I keep them in a jar and we grind them up in my coffee grinder as we need them. This is the scary part! They are so hot that whoever is in the kitchen when the grinding begins will start to lose their breath and begin to cough and cough! No one wants the job! This time John is relegated the job because he eats the most peppers! I make our food pretty hot, but he will add at least a tablespoon full or more of these ground peppers on his food at each meal. John is geared up for the job with nose and mouth covered. The person grinding usually wears goggles as well! Who would like to come and enjoy some hot food at our place?
John practicing hip-hop in his bedroom. He is home from Job Corps because of the Kentucky ice-storm which crippled
Earle C. Clements. He has been home about three weeks and they are still not ready. The power is on but they are still fixing water pipes.
Mercy with Lily in a
lapa.
Anyone need a hair cut?
Rashida is brilliant at cutting hair. Here she is styling her
Aunty Kate's hair.
Rashida in our lounge--she turned 13 years on the 5 January.
Rashida, Mercy and Meadow baking together.
They baked chocolate chippie cookies which are Mercy's favorite.
Colin and me together.
Iqara playing with Lily in the Above Rubies office.
When the grandchildren come over they like to create things, make houses or dress up. Here Chalice has made a little house out of boxes.
No, it is not a bandit! During the summer I grow loads of peppers--HOT PEPPERS! My African children love to eat hot food, so I grow habanero peppers and hotter than habanero peppers! I grow lots so we have extra to dehydrate and use until next harvest. After dehydrating I keep them in a jar and we grind them up in my coffee grinder as we need them. This is the scary part! They are so hot that whoever is in the kitchen when the grinding begins will start to lose their breath and begin to cough and cough! No one wants the job! This time John is relegated the job because he eats the most peppers! I make our food pretty hot, but he will add at least a tablespoon full or more of these ground peppers on his food at each meal. John is geared up for the job with nose and mouth covered. The person grinding usually wears goggles as well! Who would like to come and enjoy some hot food at our place?
John practicing hip-hop in his bedroom. He is home from Job Corps because of the Kentucky ice-storm which crippled Earle C. Clements. He has been home about three weeks and they are still not ready. The power is on but they are still fixing water pipes.
Mercy with Lily in a lapa.
Anyone need a hair cut? Rashida is brilliant at cutting hair. Here she is styling her Aunty Kate's hair.
Rashida in our lounge--she turned 13 years on the 5 January. 
Rashida, Mercy and Meadow baking together.
They baked chocolate chippie cookies which are Mercy's favorite.
