Monday, May 26, 2008

cristiana with mr elly

Elly is our gardener, and he does a great job. He has worked for us now for five years. His firstborn in just a few weeks younger than Cristiana, and comes over to the house every once in awhile to spend the day with her while Elly works. It is fun to watch them. They also go to our church.

Here Cristiana is helping “Mr Elly”, as she calls him because she is required to give him that respect, to plant some “cuttings” from a vine into the existing bouganvilla. I am trying to get the hedge to thicken up after the other side was partly removed by some people who started to build behind our house.



Cristiana so loves to help, with anything that she can. And, she loves to get dirty in the grass and dirt. She will dig, plant, water, cut, whatever it is that Elly needs her to do. She is learning a lot. We hope to one day visit his home up country and let her milk some cows and tend to the garden. She would have a blast.