For many years we have had a saying here “Make Wat Opot Sa’at” (Sa’at being the Khmer word for beautiful) when ever we want the kids to clean up. The school year has started, but there is a lack of teachers so 1st through 3rd grades have been cut in half because of the large […]
As we have posted about before, we are growing lots of food. Greens grow very well and fast and we often have an abundance. One day this large 5 kilo (11 lb) stack of mustard greens was brought to me with the request to make kimchi out of it. I have made kimchi many times, […]
We were finally able to finish both areas and although it was beautiful and the kids LOVED walking by and admiring their personalized creations, I couldn’t stop thinking about the bottom wires. I hadn’t fully thought it through and made the holes too far apart, so the poor lower beads became dirtier every time we […]
All of the kids that were here, (some had left to visit family because of yet another school closure) completed their mini-works-of-art so it was time for another round of drilling holes. Once that was finished, the beaded wires could be strung into the bamboo. With help from the older kids and Dara, we dug […]
Some thought was put into a new border. I didn’t want to make the same as last time and rocks just don’t give it enough personality…so what to make? We still had some leftover bamboo, so wanted to include that in. Perusing the craft room for an idea to pop into my head, I came […]
We have the beautification bug! After the success of the completed first flower garden, it only made sense to start on an area next to it…since admiring one led your eyes to the other. I didn’t get a ‘before’ photo but you can see the overgrown area in the background of the group shot and […]
