It's a case of better late than never in posting my February photo-a-day pictures - finally we have broadband and I'm able to use Blogger on my computer and can upload photos.
February seems long ago, it was a time of transition between our pampered life as travellers to our new life in rural Bhutan which required quite a lot of adjustment. At times life was a bit hectic to remember to take the photo each day, but by the end of the month I got it together enough to have a complete collection.
Do you have a favourite?
February seems long ago, it was a time of transition between our pampered life as travellers to our new life in rural Bhutan which required quite a lot of adjustment. At times life was a bit hectic to remember to take the photo each day, but by the end of the month I got it together enough to have a complete collection.
Do you have a favourite?
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| February 1st - Fork The fork and spoon with the lovely brass plates at the Cypress Restaurant, Thimphu.  So many beautiful patterns to choose from, these were on the prayer wheels in clock-tower square.  Eight Eleven - the supermarket  Prayer flags at Dochula Pass spreading messages of hope for all sentient beings on the wind  Entering the dining room at hotel and another sumptuous buffet awaits  These handmade wool flowers caught my eye at the Chazam restaurant we stopped at enroute from Wangdi to Chumey.  The beautiful welcome sign in the school library  The front door at our local monastery  Have I mentioned I'm a bit addicted to the internet (especially facebook)?  At three o-clock we were walking to the monastery above our house with friends Kyle and Sarah. How amazing is the span of these prayer flags?  This sign is at the entrance of my school  We were invited to share Losar (Bhutanese New Year) lunch with my school Principal and family  Taken on my early morning walk to school 
February 14th - Love is
My gift for Valentine's Day from Bob, a heart shaped ladle for our bath tub I've never had a fridge so bare - just the essentials here 
February 16th - Perfect
Bhutanese students are so well behaved at assembly, and organise themselves in their places without teacher help, from class PP to 10. No fidgeting, whinging, they are perfect.
 Remy's first experience in the snow, he had so much fun!!!  Litter is everywhere here, a scourge of the modern world  Ready to welcome my students into the classroom  This is the interesting way we enter our school, the bars keep out wandering cows.  These pretty tea cups can be found all over Bhutan wherever tea is served, so when it came to buying our own kitchenware I had to go for some of the same pattern - kitch!  We visited the Nomad Festival and they had a competition to guess the weight of the baby yak - that and the sight of the Bhutanese in their finest dress made me smile.  Himalaya is the word - it is my pursuit of these magestic mountains and the culture of this region that is the reason we find ourselves in Bhutan  The view of clouds outside my school building  A selection of reading materials on our bedhead (we don't have a bedside table!)  In contrast to when they are in the classroom, the students are so quiet at lunch time - eating in almost silence with their families in the sun  We went to the Tsechu at Buli and this young boy had the important job of playing the cymbal  The first thing I saw today that was upside down - our thermals that keep us warm. |
Thank you for sharing all of these wonderful photos - and the ones from your couple of previous posts. My fave from this post is from the 13th - walk to school; I love sharing (in a very small way at least) your days. xx Sorry I missed you on skype yesterday :(
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