Warm Winter

Hey all, just a quick update.  We had a 4-day long workshop just outside of the capital in the Chaco on Sustainable Agriculture and Agroforestry this past week.  I got to bring my neighbor and I think he really liked it.  We heard presentations on different farming techniques that could help benefit rural farmers in Paraguay and got to see some demonstration gardens, fields, and orchards.  My neighbor wants to go back and put in a small irrigation system in his garden based on what he saw at the workshop and I think he is more excited about planting trees.  It was a good, productive week.

Paraguay plays Slovakia in the World Cup tomorrow morning.  I am going to stick around in Asuncion for a day to catch the game on TV and then head back to site.  They tied Italy in the first game so hopefully tomorrow they can get a win.  The US team has two ties so far.  I guess I really only care about soccer every 4 years, haha.

I posted some pictures of the parade in La Colmena for Mother's Day, PYan Independence Day, and the anniversary of the founding of La Colmena.  You can find them at: http://picasaweb.google.com/domingusj/ParadeInLaColmena#

It has been a warm winter, much warmer than I remember last year.  Things are going well.  Just a few more weeks until 4th of July celebrations back in the capital and then off to Argentina for vacation.  I should get going for now.  Hope you are all enjoying the Summer!  Peace!