November 20, 2010

• marie, marie, quite contrarie

  
  last week i went to the market public in Talatamaty to get some fruit and look for sewing notions. i always forget how great it is to shop at the marche public – all the mounds of fresh produce at a ridiculously low price, great things at the stalls to find and bargain for, and, this time, the opportunity to practice my Malagasy. the vendeurs at the marche public in Talatamaty are much more patient with my Malagasy than the fruit sellers nearer to our house and they helped me out a lot as i attempted to bargain in Malagasy. anyway, i found these brilliant fuchsia flipflops there and got them for 3000Ar/$1.50.

  

  

  This is our backyard this last week. The beans are growing, as are the spinach, lettuce, tomatoes, dill, summer savory (maybe), grass and flowers… (happy sigh)

  
  i would make the same golf green statements about our front yard lawn if i could. it’s still a shame though that if we sit on the grass everyone can see us. It’s like we live in Canada or something. haha

   
  Those are the two farthest developed agapanthas we have in the yard just now. they are, as you can see, taller than Judah by a good foot and a half.

  Yesterday we had another heavy downpour, timely in that it was during the day when the gardener was still here, so we could observe the rain where it cut away at the dirt here, or pooled in low places there. We’ve done a pretty good job of the garden though and there arent many places to fix up.
  

  

  

  

  
  this is the lavender that someone imported illegally into Madagascar from SA. I have since inherited it and used legally imported rooting soil to coax a dozen plants out of the one.

  Josh just made home made noodles this afternoon. we just ate them with our second to last link of manitoban farmer sausage. yum. Josh is the master of noodles.

  Josh keeps getting phone calls from random people giving updates on the coup or whatever is going on. They are unsettling interruptions in an otherwise relaxing day.

  Except that Asher has a high fever and garfed all over me this afternoon right before i was going out to a ladies tea. I do confess that i at times enjoy when my children are so sick that they dont mind sitting with me most of the day while i rock them and cuddle them. But sick kids are not fun in that it causes anxiety and sleepless nights. <sigh> Judah has been a caring older brother though, which is sweet to see. After supper he was singing Asher ‘bull – byes”.

  There are two large Superman wrapping papered gifts atop the bookshelf nowadays. The new superman decked box appeared this afternoon and was immediately noticed by an insatiably curious almost 5 year old. As we sat down for supper and Josh began the prayer for the meal “Thank you Lord for the beautiful day…” Judah interupted with a note of thanks of his own, “and thank you Lord for the new superman present!” haha.

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