We are glad that Nathan is home safely and we are back into our normal day routine! Well, lets see, we have our morning rooster chase. Everyone chases the poor rooster with sticks and rocks until it is tired out and someone has caught it. In this picture, the kids are examining it before it gets plucked and eaten.
Next we here's a pic of the Baka taking a Kool-aid break from the rammed earth construction project...Ice blue Raspberry Lemonade, such an interesting color! 
And finally in the evening, the field and brush burning. It's time to plant crops because the rains are starting so everyone is doing their final preparations on their fields. Actually in this picture, I think they are clearing the field to build a house...or maybe to plant corn. I should ask. 
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What keeps the whole forest from going up in flames? They do dig a ditch around the area that they want to burn?
oops...I mean, DO they dig a ditch? Oops.
Dad Crane tried this technique once on the field across the stream at the house we grew up in... You'll have to ask him, but I don't think West Caln was too happy... I kind of remember some fire trucks showing up.
They don't dig a ditch or anything. I guess they just trust that the forest has never caught on fire too bad before, so chances are it won't this time. Also, even though it's dry season, it's still wet in the forest.
Yeah, I remember fire trucks showing up at various times during my childhood...
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