Saturday on the compound.

Construction workers are building a new cement walkway to the houses in the back of the compound. They laid out a strip of sand and mixed it with bags of cement and small rocks. I asked where their revolving cement mixer was and they showed me how they turn their shovels to mix it all up, and of course then they add water. They are also building a shower room and washtub area (for doing laundry). They do work in the hot sun and I don't think they take siestas here. All the manual laborers are toting six packs.

Saturday was cleaning day in the compound. I sweep and mop out my place. The neighbors, Didi and her daughters, were also cleaning and they had all their figurines laid out on a pallet outside. This brought back memories of my Saturdays as a child when it was my job to dust my mom's Hummel collection. That's when I swore I would not be collecting dust bunnies of any sort, and she had no where the number of ceramic idols and collectibles as Didi.