I better start going to sleep early!

Today was Craft ladies and after settling everyone's bills for all the things I brought, Iliana and Anita did their best to explain some plans to me. Iliana does speak some English and is a great help to me but we have agreed Spanish only to help me. It doesn't always work and she and Anna D. will help me in English. Anyway, what they were explaining, that I did finally get, was that next Wednesday morning I should be at the Orosi bus stop in Cartago at 7:30am. Now I am definitely not a morning person. I may wake up early but getting going is another thing. And, to be in Cartago at 7:30 means leaving here at 6:45. The reason for the trip is to go to the chemo unit at the hospital again to take more hats. I think I will see if one of the crochet ladies wants to go with me. I think it would be great for them to see ladies wearing their hats and for the cancer ladies to talk with someone who makes the hats. I will see what I can do.

I was also asked today to help 2 of the ladies with hats for young children. Two year olds. Just baby hats, no cancer involved. One lady has yarn. I will bring yarn for the other lady. I will write out a simple pattern. They both know how to crochet, they just need the pattern. Should be fun. I am working on a hat with the yarn from Cartago but it is a challenge getting started. It calls for a smaller hook than I am used to using and I am so clumsy that I have started and torn out several times. Aura showed off the Quilt she just made. The squares are embroidered flowers. It is beautiful. A lot of the statues here have robes or clothes and Johanna showed pictures of embroidered satin robes she had done. Believe me, these are very talented ladies.

Farmer Gayle is back at it. I can't believe I already have things coming up and I just planted Saturday evening. This is great dirt Jose brings me! I think it is the radishes. Tomatoes aren't up and I also planted peas and cucumbers.

Now I have to get busy cutting up banana bread for the senior center tomorrow morning. I have plain, with coconut, with mini chocolate chips and with dates. I figure 2 pieces each and there are about 40 people with staff. Saturday I will make more for Ziomara's and Johanna. At least I saved a lot of bananas from going to waste. I have also been putting them in my bird feeder and they go very fast.

My latest crop.