Next to Last Month End

How can this possibly be? Only one more month till we come home. It seems like just yesterday we got here. I can't believe an entire year has passed. We have done so much, seen so much, changed so much ... but that's fodder for another blog. Today is the best/funnest/whatever pictures of May 2008 and here they are:
















Dry season in Belize comes with fire season. In May, this year, the fires really (OK, sorry, I can't resist) caught fire. In the morning we wake up to heavy smoke smell and haze. The only clouds we've seen for a month are smoke clouds. The fires mostly start spontaneously and there is no effort made to put them out. The fires just burn until they burn out. The broadleaf here won't burn so when the fires hit the jungle they just burn out.



These pillars of smoke are everywhere. In fact, last week, about half the Hopkins road burned.














May is the tail end of harvest season. Both for the sugar cane (in the north) and the citrus (in the south). Because nothing is tied down before transport, there are oranges, grapefruits and cane all over the roads.



The kids in town renovated an old golf cart and they push each other all over town. It's very cute.










We have enjoyed being friends with Miss Emma and Mr Herman during our time here. They own a shrimp farm and Miss Emma also has amazing gardens both of flowers and fruits and veggies. We love spending time with them and learning about everything!
So that's our May. It was a full month. Can't wait to see what June holds. We will see all you Sherwood Park people before the next month ends.